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1. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






2. Primary authority






3. Typical case reporter






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






5. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d


6. Statutes at Large






7. 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






8. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






10. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






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






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. Case law






17. Infra


18. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






20. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






21. Summarize statute topics






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






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






24. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






25. Reported selectively






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






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






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






29. An explanatory note






30. Federal Rules Decisions






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






32. 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






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






34. Presidential proclamations






35. Statutory law






36. Precedent






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






38. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






39. The Federal Reporter






40. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






41. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






42. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






43. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






44. As session laws






45. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






47. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






49. Name of the appellant






50. American Digest System