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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. A proposed legislative measure






3. Typical case reporter






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






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






6. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






9. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






11. Compiled by topic






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






13. 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






14. Encyclopedia






15. 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.






16. 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






17. 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.






18. Compiled chronologically






19. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






21. Reported selectively






22. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






23. Restatement (of law)






24. Extensive selected annotations






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






30. 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.






31. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






32. Shepard's Citators






33. The Federal Reporter






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






35. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






36. Shepard's Citations is used






37. Name of the appellant






38. American Digest System






39. Summarized statute topics






40. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Result or disposition of the case






47. Statutes at Large






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






49. United States Reports






50. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).