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






2. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






4. Federal Rules Decisions






5. Statutes at Large






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






7. Federal Cases






8. Presidential proclamations






9. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






10. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






12. 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.






13. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






14. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






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






16. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






18. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






19. The Federal Reporter






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






21. 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






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






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






24. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






25. Compiled by topic






26. Restatement (of law)






27. At the close of each legislative term






28. 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






29. 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






30. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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31. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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






35. Statutory law






36. Reported selectively






37. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






38. Summarized statute topics






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






40. American Digest System






41. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






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






44. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






45. Case law






46. Primary authority






47. A proposed legislative measure






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






49. Explanation of the subject






50. Shepard's Citations - statute edition







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