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






2. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






3. As session laws






4. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






5. 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






6. 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.






7. An explanatory note






8. 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






9. 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'






10. Digest topic






11. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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






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






15. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






17. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. The West key number system






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






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

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24. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






25. F.Supp






26. Infra

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27. An index






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






29. Reported selectively






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






31. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






32. Encyclopedia






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






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






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






36. Legal encyclopedia published by West






37. A syllabus of the court






38. Published by West






39. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






41. Name of the appellant






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






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






45. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






46. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






48. S.Ct.






49. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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







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