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Subject : law
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1. Secondary authority






2. Statutory law






3. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






4. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






5. Digest topic






6. 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






7. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






8. Statutes at Large






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






10. A proposed legislative measure






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






12. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






13. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






14. United States Reports






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






16. The date upon which the decision was rendered






17. Legal encyclopedia published by West






18. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






19. 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






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






21. Published by Lawyers Co-op






22. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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. United States Reports






25. 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.






26. Shepard's Citations is used






27. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






29. Precedent






30. 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






31. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






33. Digests






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






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






36. 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






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






38. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






39. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






41. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






42. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






43. 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)






44. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






45. Explanation of the subject






46. 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






47. Restatement (of law)






48. 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'






49. 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






50. Slip opinions collected and published periodically