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Subject : law
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1. The date upon which the decision was rendered






2. 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






3. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






4. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






7. Encyclopedia






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






9. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






10. United States Reports






11. The West key number system






12. 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






13. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






14. 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






15. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






20. Statutes at Large






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






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






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






24. Primary authority






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






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






27. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






29. Supra

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30. Published by West






31. State and federal






32. Summarized statute topics






33. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






35. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






36. 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






37. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






39. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






40. 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'






41. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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42. Case law






43. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






44. 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






45. 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






46. What federal session laws are codified and published in






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






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