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1. 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






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






3. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






5. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






6. Digests






7. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






13. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






16. What federal session laws are published in






17. Statutes at Large






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






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






20. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






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






22. Published by Lawyers Co-op






23. S.Ct.






24. 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






25. 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






26. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






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. Typical case reporter






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






30. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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31. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






32. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






33. A syllabus of the court






34. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. As session laws






45. 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






46. Summarized statute topics






47. Encyclopedia






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






49. 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.






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