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Subject : law
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1. 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






2. Infra

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






4. Presidential proclamations






5. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. United States Reports






10. 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






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






12. Published by West






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






14. Name of the appellant






15. Encyclopedia






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






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






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






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






20. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






22. A proposed legislative measure






23. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






24. Seven






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






26. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






28. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






29. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






31. 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.






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






33. Digests






34. Compiled chronologically






35. State and federal






36. Selected decisions






37. 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






38. 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






39. Statutory law






40. 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.






41. 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






42. S.Ct.






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






44. 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)






45. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






46. What federal session laws are published in






47. A syllabus of the court






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






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






50. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).