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1. United States Reports






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






3. An index






4. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






5. 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






6. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






7. What federal session laws are published in






8. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






10. 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.






11. Shepard's Citators






12. 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






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






14. Presidential proclamations






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






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






17. Statutes at Large






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






19. Digests






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






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






22. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






23. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






24. 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






25. Products of West Legal Studies






26. Typical case reporter






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

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28. United States Reports






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






30. Statutory law






31. 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






32. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






33. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






35. Summarized statute topics






36. A syllabus of the court






37. Legal encyclopedia published by West






38. S.Ct.






39. Summarize judicial opinions






40. 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.






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






42. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






43. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






44. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






46. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






47. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






49. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






50. 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'







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