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1. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






2. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






3. Primary authority






4. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






6. At the close of each legislative term






7. Official publication






8. Encyclopedia






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






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






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






12. Digest topic






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






14. 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






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






16. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






17. 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.






18. Name of the appellant






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






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






25. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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26. Seven






27. An explanatory note






28. Selected decisions






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






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






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






32. 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






33. S.Ct.






34. The date upon which the decision was rendered






35. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Digests






41. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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42. Statutes at Large






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






44. Summarize judicial opinions






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






46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






48. 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'






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. 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