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1. Compiled chronologically






2. American Digest System






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






4. Published by Lawyers Co-op






5. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






6. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






7. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






8. Federal Rules Decisions






9. United States Reports






10. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






11. Result or disposition of the case






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






13. Statutes at Large






14. 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






15. Seven






16. Federal Cases






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






18. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






19. At the close of each legislative term






20. A syllabus of the court






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






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






23. 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.






24. The West key number system






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






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






27. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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28. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






29. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






30. Statutes at Large






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






32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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






35. Statutory law






36. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






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






39. 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






40. Secondary authority






41. 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






42. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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43. U.S.






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






45. United States Reports






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






47. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






48. Products of West Legal Studies






49. 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






50. 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







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