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1. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






2. F.Supp






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






4. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






5. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






6. The Federal Reporter






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






8. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






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






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






11. 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






12. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






13. At the close of each legislative term






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






15. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






16. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






17. 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






18. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






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






20. Shepard's Citations is used






21. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






22. A proposed legislative measure






23. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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24. Explanation of the subject






25. 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






26. 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'






27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






28. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






29. Summarize judicial opinions






30. Statutes at Large






31. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






32. American Digest System






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






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






35. Official publication






36. An explanatory note






37. Reported selectively






38. Result or disposition of the case






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






40. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






41. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






43. Summarize statute topics






44. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






46. Typical case reporter






47. An index






48. 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






49. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






50. Summarized statute topics