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1. 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






2. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






3. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






4. The West key number system






5. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






6. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. State and federal






11. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






13. Statutory law






14. S.Ct.






15. Case law






16. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






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






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






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






20. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






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






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






24. Summarized statute topics






25. Primary authority






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






27. Seven






28. Compiled by topic






29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






30. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






31. The date upon which the decision was rendered






32. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






33. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






35. Published by Lawyers Co-op






36. What federal session laws are codified and published in






37. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






38. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






39. What federal session laws are published in






40. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






41. 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






42. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






43. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






45. Encyclopedia






46. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






47. The Federal Reporter






48. Precedent






49. American Digest System






50. A syllabus of the court






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