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






2. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






3. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






4. 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.






5. Supra

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






7. 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






8. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






9. United States Reports






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






11. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






12. F.Supp






13. Summarize statute topics






14. The West key number system






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






16. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






17. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






20. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






22. S.Ct.






23. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






24. 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






25. The date upon which the decision was rendered






26. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






27. Shepard's Citators






28. Selected decisions






29. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






30. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






31. Statutes at Large






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






33. Reported selectively






34. Infra

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35. Compiled by topic






36. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






44. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






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






46. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






47. Statutes at Large






48. 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






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






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