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






2. 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.






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

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4. Federal Rules Decisions






5. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






6. State and federal






7. 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






8. Digest topic






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






13. 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






14. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






15. 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.






16. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






19. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






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






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






22. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






23. Primary authority






24. 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






25. Case law






26. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






28. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






29. What federal session laws are codified and published in






30. 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)






31. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






32. A syllabus of the court






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






34. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






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






36. United States Reports






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






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






39. Compiled chronologically






40. At the close of each legislative term






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






42. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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43. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






44. Statutes at Large






45. Digests






46. U.S.






47. Shepard's Citators






48. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






50. United States Reports







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