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1. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






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






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






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






6. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






9. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






11. 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






12. Statutes at Large






13. Statutory law






14. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






15. A proposed legislative measure






16. Shepard's Citators






17. 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






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






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






20. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






21. A syllabus of the court






22. An explanatory note






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






24. Seven






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






26. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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27. Compiled chronologically






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






29. 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






30. At the close of each legislative term






31. 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






32. 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






33. Explanation of the subject






34. State and federal






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






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






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






38. American Digest System






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






40. Decennial Digest






41. 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






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






43. Extensive selected annotations






44. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






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






46. U.S.






47. Official publication






48. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






50. 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







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