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Subject : law
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1. Digests






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






3. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






5. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






6. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






8. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






9. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






10. 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






11. Published by Lawyers Co-op






12. 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






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






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






15. Case law






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






17. State and federal






18. Official publication






19. Statutory law






20. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






21. 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.






22. United States Reports






23. 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






24. Federal Cases






25. Shepard's Citators






26. Restatement (of law)






27. Selected decisions






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






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






30. The West key number system






31. 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






32. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






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






34. 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






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

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36. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






37. Extensive selected annotations






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






39. 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






40. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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41. 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






42. 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.






43. Reported selectively






44. 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.






45. A proposed legislative measure






46. As session laws






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






48. 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






49. Secondary authority






50. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure