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1. Name of the appellant






2. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






3. Statutory law






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






5. F.Supp






6. The date upon which the decision was rendered






7. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






8. Federal Cases






9. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






10. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






11. U.S.






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. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






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






15. 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.






16. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






19. Decennial Digest






20. Statutory law






21. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






23. A syllabus of the court






24. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






26. Selected decisions






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






28. 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






29. As session laws






30. A proposed legislative measure






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






32. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






33. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






34. Explanation of the subject






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






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






37. Secondary authority






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Presidential proclamations






42. The Federal Reporter






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






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






45. Summarized statute topics






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






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






48. Seven






49. At the close of each legislative term






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







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