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1. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






2. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






4. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






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






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






7. Statutes at Large






8. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






9. 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.






10. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






11. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






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






13. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






14. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






15. 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






16. An explanatory note






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






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






19. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






20. Digests






21. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






24. 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.






25. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






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






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






28. 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






29. As session laws






30. Statutory law






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

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32. 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






33. What federal session laws are codified and published in






34. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






36. A syllabus of the court






37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






38. 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






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






40. Primary authority






41. Reported selectively






42. U.S.






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






44. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






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






46. 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






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






48. The date upon which the decision was rendered






49. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






50. S.Ct.