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1. Precedent






2. Name of the appellant






3. Primary authority






4. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






5. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






6. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






10. Summarized statute topics






11. At the close of each legislative term






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






13. A syllabus of the court






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






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






16. Federal Cases






17. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






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






19. 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'






20. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






21. Legal encyclopedia published by West






22. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






23. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






24. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






25. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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26. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






27. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






30. 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






31. Shepard's Citations is used






32. Encyclopedia






33. What federal session laws are codified and published in






34. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






35. Extensive selected annotations






36. Selected decisions






37. 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






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






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






40. State and federal






41. S.Ct.






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






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






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






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

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46. Explanation of the subject






47. Decennial Digest






48. The West key number system






49. 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.






50. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia







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