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






2. Seven






3. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






4. S.Ct.






5. Compiled by topic






6. 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.






7. American Digest System






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






9. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






10. 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






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






12. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






13. Official publication






14. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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15. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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






18. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






21. 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.






22. The date upon which the decision was rendered






23. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






25. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






27. An index






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






29. Case law






30. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






32. 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






33. Legal encyclopedia published by West






34. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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35. As session laws






36. 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






37. 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






38. Published by Lawyers Co-op






39. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






41. 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






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






43. Summarize statute topics






44. Explanation of the subject






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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