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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. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






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






6. Secondary authority






7. United States Reports






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






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






10. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






11. Published by West






12. Infra

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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






19. 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






20. An index






21. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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

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23. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






24. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






25. 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.






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






27. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






36. 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






37. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






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






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






41. Shepard's Citators






42. State and federal






43. Federal Cases






44. 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






45. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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46. 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






47. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






48. Case law






49. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






50. 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







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