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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






3. Digests






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






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






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






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






8. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






10. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






11. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






12. Federal Rules Decisions






13. Selected decisions






14. An explanatory note






15. Products of West Legal Studies






16. 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






17. At the close of each legislative term






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






19. As session laws






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






21. Restatement (of law)






22. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






24. American Digest System






25. 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.






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






27. Summarized statute topics






28. 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






29. 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






30. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






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






33. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






34. 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'






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






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






37. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






39. 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






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






41. State and federal






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






43. An index






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






45. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






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






48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






49. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






50. Reported selectively







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