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Subject : law
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1. As session laws






2. Reported selectively






3. Shepard's Citations is used






4. Shepard's Citators






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






6. Typical case reporter






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






13. 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






14. Secondary authority






15. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






16. Digests






17. Restatement (of law)






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






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






20. Result or disposition of the case






21. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






22. 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






23. 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






24. Compiled chronologically






25. 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






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






27. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






28. 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






29. Seven






30. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






31. Published by Lawyers Co-op






32. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






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






34. The West key number system






35. Decennial Digest






36. Extensive selected annotations






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






38. Statutory law






39. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






40. What federal session laws are published in






41. An index






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






43. Compiled by topic






44. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






46. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






49. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






50. 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.