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1. Extensive selected annotations






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






3. Digest topic






4. Case law






5. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






6. 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






7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






9. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






10. United States Reports






11. The West key number system






12. Seven






13. Reported selectively






14. 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






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






16. Encyclopedia






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






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






19. Selected decisions






20. United States Reports






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






22. Precedent






23. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






24. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






25. Shepard's Citators






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






27. Shepard's Citations is used






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






29. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






31. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






32. 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






33. Decennial Digest






34. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






35. Infra

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36. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






37. 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






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






39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






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






41. The date upon which the decision was rendered






42. 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






43. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






44. American Digest System






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






46. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






47. Typical case reporter






48. 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






49. 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.






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







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