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1. Reported selectively






2. Seven






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. At the close of each legislative term






10. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






11. Encyclopedia






12. An explanatory note






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






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






15. F.Supp






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






17. Case law






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






19. Primary authority






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






21. A syllabus of the court






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






23. 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






24. Name of the appellant






25. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






28. Published by West






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






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






31. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






33. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Shepard's Citators






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






40. Decennial Digest






41. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






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






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

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44. As session laws






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






46. 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.






47. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






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






49. What federal session laws are codified and published in






50. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent







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