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Subject : law
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1. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






3. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






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






6. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






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






8. An explanatory note






9. Restatement (of law)






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






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






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






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






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

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15. 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






16. 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.






17. Supra

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






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






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






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






22. Case law






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






24. Digests






25. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






27. 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'






28. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






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






30. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






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






32. State and federal






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






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






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






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






37. Products of West Legal Studies






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






39. United States Reports






40. Typical case reporter






41. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






42. Compiled by topic






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






44. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Presidential proclamations






50. F.Supp