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






2. Presidential proclamations






3. Legal encyclopedia published by West






4. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






5. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






7. Shepard's Citations is used






8. Shepard's Citators






9. Summarize judicial opinions






10. Federal Cases






11. Published by West






12. Compiled chronologically






13. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






16. 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






17. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






18. 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.






19. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






22. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






23. 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






24. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






25. Summarized statute topics






26. Encyclopedia






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






28. Compiled by topic






29. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






30. 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.






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






32. S.Ct.






33. U.S.






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






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






36. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






37. Primary authority






38. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






39. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






40. What federal session laws are published in






41. 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






42. Statutes at Large






43. 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.






44. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






46. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






47. 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






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






49. A syllabus of the court






50. 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