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1. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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2. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






4. Products of West Legal Studies






5. As session laws






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






7. United States Reports






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






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






10. Statutes at Large






11. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






12. Name of the appellant






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






14. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






16. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






17. 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'






18. A syllabus of the court






19. State and federal






20. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






22. F.Supp






23. American Digest System






24. Digest topic






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






26. 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.






27. Digests






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






29. 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.






30. Federal Cases






31. What federal session laws are codified and published in






32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






34. Typical case reporter






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






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






37. 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






38. The Federal Reporter






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






48. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






49. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






50. 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







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