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Subject : law
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1. Statutory law






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






3. 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.






4. 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'






5. Official publication






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






7. Result or disposition of the case






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






9. U.S.






10. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






11. 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






12. S.Ct.






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






17. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






18. Encyclopedia






19. 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






20. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






21. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






22. Decennial Digest






23. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






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






28. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






29. 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






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






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






32. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






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






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






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

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36. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






37. Selected decisions






38. F.Supp






39. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






41. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






42. 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






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






44. The Federal Reporter






45. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






46. 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






47. What federal session laws are codified and published in






48. An explanatory note






49. Seven






50. 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