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Subject : law
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1. Compiled by topic






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






7. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






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






9. Explanation of the subject






10. Official publication






11. The Federal Reporter






12. 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






13. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






15. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






16. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






17. 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.






18. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






20. Encyclopedia






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






22. Name of the appellant






23. Statutory law






24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






26. As session laws






27. Reported selectively






28. 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






29. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






31. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Restatement (of law)






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






38. Precedent






39. Digest topic






40. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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






43. 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






44. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






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






46. Primary authority






47. 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






48. United States Reports






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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