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






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






3. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






4. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op


5. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






6. Statutory law






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






8. Shepard's Citators






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






10. 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






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






12. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






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






14. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






17. Digests






18. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






21. 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.






22. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






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






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






25. Seven






26. Infra


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






28. Published by West






29. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






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






31. Statutes at Large






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






33. Extensive selected annotations






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






35. 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






36. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






37. Federal Rules Decisions






38. Encyclopedia






39. Name of the appellant






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






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






42. Statutes at Large






43. The date upon which the decision was rendered






44. Compiled by topic






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. Summarize statute topics






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






48. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






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






50. Decennial Digest