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






2. Federal Rules Decisions






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






4. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






6. Compiled chronologically






7. Presidential proclamations






8. At the close of each legislative term






9. Published by Lawyers Co-op






10. 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






11. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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






14. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






15. Reported selectively






16. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






17. 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.






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






19. 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






20. United States Reports






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Precedent






26. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






27. 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.






28. Official publication






29. Digest topic






30. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






31. 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.






32. What federal session laws are published in






33. Result or disposition of the case






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






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






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






37. An index






38. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






41. Typical case reporter






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






43. Federal Cases






44. State and federal






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






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






47. Summarized statute topics






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






49. 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






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