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Subject : law
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






5. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






7. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






9. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






11. 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.






12. Reported selectively






13. Infra

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14. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






15. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






16. Result or disposition of the case






17. Products of West Legal Studies






18. American Digest System






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






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






21. Published by Lawyers Co-op






22. Case law






23. Federal Rules Decisions






24. 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






25. Statutes at Large






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






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






28. Supra

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29. What federal session laws are published in






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






31. Shepard's Citations is used






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






33. A syllabus of the court






34. Explanation of the subject






35. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






36. 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






37. 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'






38. Extensive selected annotations






39. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






40. Statutory law






41. State and federal






42. 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.






43. 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






44. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






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






46. What federal session laws are codified and published in






47. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






48. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






50. Selected decisions