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Subject : law
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1. At the close of each legislative term






2. Compiled chronologically






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






4. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






5. Digest topic






6. An index






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

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8. Digests






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






10. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






11. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. 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






17. Encyclopedia






18. A syllabus of the court






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






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






21. Published by West






22. As session laws






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






24. 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






25. Federal Cases






26. Presidential proclamations






27. 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.






28. Typical case reporter






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






30. What federal session laws are codified and published in






31. Summarized statute topics






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






33. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






34. 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






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






36. Result or disposition of the case






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






38. An explanatory note






39. Supra

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40. United States Reports






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






42. Federal Rules Decisions






43. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






44. 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.






45. Summarize judicial opinions






46. Statutory law






47. 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






48. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






49. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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