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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Shepard's Citators






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






9. F.Supp






10. United States Reports






11. Compiled chronologically






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






13. Compiled by topic






14. Shepard's Citations is used






15. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






17. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






18. Federal Rules Decisions






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






23. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






24. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






25. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






26. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






27. Digests






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






29. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






30. Selected decisions






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






32. 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






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






34. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






35. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






36. Digest topic






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






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






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

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40. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






42. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






44. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






45. Result or disposition of the case






46. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






47. At the close of each legislative term






48. 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






49. Legal encyclopedia published by West






50. 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






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