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1. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






2. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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3. Compiled chronologically






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






5. Published by West






6. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






7. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






8. What federal session laws are published in






9. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






11. Official publication






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






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






14. 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.






15. Encyclopedia






16. 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






17. Secondary authority






18. Primary authority






19. Summarize statute topics






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






21. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






22. Statutory law






23. 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






24. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






26. 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)






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






28. Compiled by topic






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






30. Seven






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






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






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






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






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






36. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






39. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






40. Shepard's Citators






41. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






43. 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'






44. Shepard's Citations is used






45. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






48. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






50. 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