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1. Restatement (of law)






2. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






3. Statutory law






4. 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






5. As session laws






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. An index






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






13. Federal Rules Decisions






14. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






16. Presidential proclamations






17. 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






18. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






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






20. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






21. Precedent






22. Secondary authority






23. Federal Cases






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






25. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






26. American Digest System






27. Summarized statute topics






28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






29. U.S.






30. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






32. Extensive selected annotations






33. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






34. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






49. Result or disposition of the case






50. Decennial Digest







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