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1. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






2. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






8. 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






9. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






10. 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






11. As session laws






12. Case law






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






14. F.Supp






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






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






18. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






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






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






21. What federal session laws are codified and published in






22. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






23. Shepard's Citators






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






25. 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






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






27. Published by Lawyers Co-op






28. U.S.






29. Result or disposition of the case






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






31. Compiled by topic






32. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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33. Typical case reporter






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






35. The date upon which the decision was rendered






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. A proposed legislative measure






42. Infra

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






44. 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'






45. United States Reports






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






47. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






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






49. 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






50. Encyclopedia