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Subject : law
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






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






5. Infra

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6. Reported selectively






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






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






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






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






11. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






12. 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.






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






14. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






15. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






16. Products of West Legal Studies






17. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






18. Digests






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






20. Selected decisions






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Summarize statute topics






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






28. A syllabus of the court






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






30. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






31. At the close of each legislative term






32. S.Ct.






33. 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






34. Primary authority






35. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






38. 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'






39. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






40. Extensive selected annotations






41. 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






42. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






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






44. Published by West






45. 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)






46. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






48. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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