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1. Reported selectively






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






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






4. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






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






6. 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






7. As session laws






8. Digests






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. Decennial Digest






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






12. Legal encyclopedia published by West






13. Statutory law






14. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






15. Compiled by topic






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






17. United States Reports






18. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






19. 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)






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






21. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






22. 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.






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






24. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






25. Supra

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26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






33. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






35. 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






36. Encyclopedia






37. A syllabus of the court






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






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






40. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






41. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






42. Secondary authority






43. 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.






44. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






45. Explanation of the subject






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






47. Typical case reporter






48. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






49. F.Supp






50. 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