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






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






3. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






5. Extensive selected annotations






6. Supra

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7. 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






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






9. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






10. Explanation of the subject






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






12. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






13. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






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






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






16. Compiled by topic






17. 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






18. Official publication






19. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






20. Summarize statute topics






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






22. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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23. 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.






24. 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






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






26. Digests






27. Statutory law






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






29. 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






30. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






33. Federal Rules Decisions






34. Selected decisions






35. S.Ct.






36. 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






37. The West key number system






38. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






41. F.Supp






42. 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






43. 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.






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






45. Case law






46. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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47. 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






48. At the close of each legislative term






49. What federal session laws are codified and published in






50. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).