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Subject : law
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1. 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.






2. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






3. Compiled by topic






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






5. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






6. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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7. What federal session laws are published in






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






9. Infra

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10. 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






11. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






12. 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






13. Result or disposition of the case






14. 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






15. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






17. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






18. Summarize judicial opinions






19. Statutory law






20. Decennial Digest






21. As session laws






22. Summarize statute topics






23. Summarized statute topics






24. Case law






25. Products of West Legal Studies






26. American Digest System






27. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






28. Primary authority






29. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






30. 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.






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






32. Typical case reporter






33. State and federal






34. F.Supp






35. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






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






37. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






38. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






39. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






41. Secondary authority






42. Official publication






43. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






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






46. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






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






48. Digests






49. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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