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Subject : law
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1. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






2. 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






3. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






4. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






6. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






9. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






10. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






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






12. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






16. Selected decisions






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






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






19. Federal Rules Decisions






20. 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.






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






22. Secondary authority






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






24. At the close of each legislative term






25. Summarize judicial opinions






26. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






28. As session laws






29. Seven






30. 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.






31. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






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






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






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






35. State and federal






36. Result or disposition of the case






37. An explanatory note






38. Reported selectively






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






40. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






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






44. Summarized statute topics






45. F.Supp






46. An index






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






48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






49. Decennial Digest






50. 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