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Subject : law
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1. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






2. The date upon which the decision was rendered






3. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






4. Name of the appellant






5. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






7. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






9. 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






10. Encyclopedia






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






13. Explanation of the subject






14. Statutory law






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






16. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






18. Seven






19. Digest topic






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






21. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






23. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






24. 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.






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






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






27. Federal Rules Decisions






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






29. 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.






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






31. Summarized statute topics






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






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






34. At the close of each legislative term






35. 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






36. Published by Lawyers Co-op






37. 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






38. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






39. Primary authority






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






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






42. Typical case reporter






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






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






45. Official publication






46. 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






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






48. What federal session laws are published in






49. Restatement (of law)






50. Decennial Digest