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1. Infra

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2. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






3. Summarize statute topics






4. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






5. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






7. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






8. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






9. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






10. The Federal Reporter






11. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






12. 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






13. Primary authority






14. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






15. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






16. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






17. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






18. 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






19. Federal Cases






20. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






21. 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.






22. What federal session laws are codified and published in






23. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






24. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






25. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






26. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






27. F.Supp






28. United States Reports






29. Digest topic






30. An explanatory note






31. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






32. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






33. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






34. Summarized statute topics






35. Statutes at Large






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






37. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






38. 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.






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






40. Typical case reporter






41. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






42. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






43. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






44. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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45. 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.






46. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






47. Supra

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






49. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






50. Statutes at Large