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






2. Typical case reporter






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






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






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






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






7. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






8. Summarized statute topics






9. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






11. Explanation of the subject






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






13. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






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






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






16. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






17. As session laws






18. 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'






19. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






20. American Digest System






21. 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






22. Summarize statute topics






23. F.Supp






24. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






25. Digest topic






26. 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






27. Presidential proclamations






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






29. Name of the appellant






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






31. Statutes at Large






32. Precedent






33. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






34. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






35. Compiled by topic






36. Shepard's Citators






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






38. A proposed legislative measure






39. Products of West Legal Studies






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






41. U.S.






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

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43. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






44. 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.






45. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Secondary authority






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