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






2. 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.






3. What federal session laws are published in






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






5. Federal Cases






6. Explanation of the subject






7. Restatement (of law)






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






9. Statutes at Large






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. Primary authority






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






13. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






14. Summarized statute topics






15. 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






16. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






17. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






19. S.Ct.






20. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






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






22. Compiled chronologically






23. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






24. 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






25. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






26. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






27. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






28. A proposed legislative measure






29. Digest topic






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






31. The West key number system






32. 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'






33. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






34. Result or disposition of the case






35. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






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






38. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






39. Published by West






40. 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.






41. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






42. F.Supp






43. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. The date upon which the decision was rendered






48. At the close of each legislative term






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

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50. Seven