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Subject : law
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1. S.Ct.






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






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






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






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






6. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






7. U.S.






8. Statutes at Large






9. A proposed legislative measure






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






11. Extensive selected annotations






12. Typical case reporter






13. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






14. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






15. The West key number system






16. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






17. Published by West






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






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






20. 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.






21. Decennial Digest






22. The date upon which the decision was rendered






23. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






25. Name of the appellant






26. Digests






27. The Federal Reporter






28. At the close of each legislative term






29. Summarized statute topics






30. Precedent






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






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






33. Statutory law






34. 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






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






36. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






37. 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






38. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






39. 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






40. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






41. 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)






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






43. Compiled chronologically






44. Restatement (of law)






45. 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






46. Selected decisions






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






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






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






50. F.Supp