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1. Infra

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2. Shepard's Citators






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






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






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






6. What federal session laws are codified and published in






7. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






8. Extensive selected annotations






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






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






17. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






18. Precedent






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






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






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






22. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






23. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






24. 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






25. Shepard's Citations is used






26. Compiled by topic






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






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






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






31. Encyclopedia






32. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






34. Selected decisions






35. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






36. The West key number system






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






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. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






40. Case law






41. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






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






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






44. Primary authority






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






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






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






48. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






49. State and federal






50. Digest topic