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






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






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






4. A proposed legislative measure






5. Explanation of the subject






6. An explanatory note






7. Typical case reporter






8. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






13. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






16. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






17. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






18. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






19. S.Ct.






20. Name of the appellant






21. 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






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






23. Statutes at Large






24. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






25. 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






26. Precedent






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






28. 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)






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






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






31. Summarized statute topics






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






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






34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






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






38. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






39. Published by West






40. 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






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






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






43. Summarize judicial opinions






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






45. The date upon which the decision was rendered






46. Selected decisions






47. The West key number system






48. 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






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






50. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.