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






2. Extensive selected annotations






3. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






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






5. 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






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






7. Selected decisions






8. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






9. Statutes at Large






10. Shepard's Citators






11. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






12. Digests






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






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






15. United States Reports






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






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






18. Summarize judicial opinions






19. 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.






20. Compiled by topic






21. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






22. Encyclopedia






23. What federal session laws are published in






24. Result or disposition of the case






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






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






27. Compiled chronologically






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






29. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






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






31. The Federal Reporter






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






33. Decennial Digest






34. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






35. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






38. Summarize statute topics






39. Legal encyclopedia published by West






40. 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






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






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






43. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






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






47. U.S.






48. 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'






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






50. A syllabus of the court