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1. Summarize statute topics






2. Precedent






3. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Presidential proclamations






12. 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






13. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






14. Decennial Digest






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






16. An index






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






18. Statutes at Large






19. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






20. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






21. The date upon which the decision was rendered






22. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






23. Result or disposition of the case






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






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






26. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






27. Primary authority






28. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






29. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






30. 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






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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35. Digests






36. What federal session laws are codified and published in






37. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






39. 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






40. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






41. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






43. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






44. An explanatory note






45. Published by Lawyers Co-op






46. American Digest System






47. Statutory law






48. Official publication






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






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