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1. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






4. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






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






6. 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.






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






8. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






9. Secondary authority






10. United States Reports






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






12. A syllabus of the court






13. American Digest System






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






19. Federal Cases






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






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






22. 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






23. United States Reports






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






25. Statutes at Large






26. 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






27. Supra

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28. 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






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






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






31. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






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






33. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






34. Summarize judicial opinions






35. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






36. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






37. Result or disposition of the case






38. 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






39. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






41. 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






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






43. Case law






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






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






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






47. Presidential proclamations






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






49. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






50. Shepard's Citators