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






2. Secondary authority






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Shepard's Citators






10. 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.






11. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






12. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






15. Seven






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






17. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






18. A syllabus of the court






19. 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.






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






21. At the close of each legislative term






22. 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






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






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






25. Typical case reporter






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






27. 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






28. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






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






31. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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. Shepard's Citations is used






34. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






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. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






39. 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






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






41. Encyclopedia






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






43. Federal Rules Decisions






44. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






45. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






46. Extensive selected annotations






47. Statutory law






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






49. 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






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