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Subject : law
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1. 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






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






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






4. Legal encyclopedia published by West






5. Summarized statute topics






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






10. 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






11. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






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






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






15. Summarize statute topics






16. A syllabus of the court






17. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






18. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






19. Statutes at Large






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






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






22. A proposed legislative measure






23. 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)






24. 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






25. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






26. United States Reports






27. The Federal Reporter






28. 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






29. Shepard's Citations is used






30. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






31. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






32. 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






33. Precedent






34. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






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






36. S.Ct.






37. F.Supp






38. Statutory law






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






40. Result or disposition of the case






41. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






42. The West key number system






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






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






45. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






46. Statutory law






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






48. Official publication






49. 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






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