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1. 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






2. What federal session laws are codified and published in






3. 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.






4. F.Supp






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






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






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






8. Compiled chronologically






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






10. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






12. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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






15. Result or disposition of the case






16. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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17. Compiled by topic






18. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






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






20. S.Ct.






21. Summarize judicial opinions






22. State and federal






23. Published by West






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






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






26. 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






27. U.S.






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






29. Encyclopedia






30. Federal Rules Decisions






31. Statutes at Large






32. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






33. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






34. 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.






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






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






37. Restatement (of law)






38. Reported selectively






39. Presidential proclamations






40. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






41. Explanation of the subject






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






43. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






46. 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.






47. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






48. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






49. What federal session laws are published in






50. A proposed legislative measure







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