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1. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






2. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






3. Published by Lawyers Co-op






4. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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5. F.Supp






6. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






7. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






8. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






9. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






10. United States Reports






11. American Digest System






12. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






13. Digest topic






14. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






15. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






16. Shepard's Citations is used






17. Summarized statute topics






18. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






19. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






20. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






21. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






22. What federal session laws are published in






23. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






24. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






25. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






26. Summarize judicial opinions






27. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






28. Reported selectively






29. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






30. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






31. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






32. Precedent






33. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






34. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






35. Summarize statute topics






36. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






37. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






38. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






39. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






40. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






41. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






42. An index






43. Infra

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44. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






45. Typical case reporter






46. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






47. Statutes at Large






48. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






49. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






50. Shepard's Citators