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1. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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






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






5. 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






6. F.Supp






7. Compiled chronologically






8. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






9. Official publication






10. Shepard's Citations is used






11. Case law






12. 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.






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






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






15. An index






16. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






17. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






18. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






19. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






20. Published by Lawyers Co-op






21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






23. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






24. Summarize statute topics






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






26. Supra

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27. What federal session laws are published in






28. As session laws






29. 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






30. 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.






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






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






34. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






40. State and federal






41. An explanatory note






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






43. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






44. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






45. Typical case reporter






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






47. 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






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






49. Digest topic






50. 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







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