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Subject : law
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1. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






3. Summarize statute topics






4. Statutory law






5. Seven






6. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






7. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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


10. 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






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






12. Explanation of the subject






13. Compiled chronologically






14. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






15. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






17. A proposed legislative measure






18. Decennial Digest






19. Primary authority






20. Supra


21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Statutes at Large






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






37. Secondary authority






38. As session laws






39. Encyclopedia






40. What federal session laws are published in






41. Statutes at Large






42. The Federal Reporter






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






44. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






45. Summarize judicial opinions






46. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






47. 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






48. Shepard's Citators






49. 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'






50. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d