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1. 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)






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






3. Compiled by topic






4. Federal Rules Decisions






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Selected decisions






10. 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






11. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. What federal session laws are codified and published in






18. 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






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






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






21. Infra

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22. Digests






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






24. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






25. 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






26. Summarized statute topics






27. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






30. Result or disposition of the case






31. Presidential proclamations






32. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






33. 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.






34. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Statutory law






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






41. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






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






43. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






44. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






45. Primary authority






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






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






48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






50. Published by West