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In addition to Texas state court opinions, the Texas Digest will also contain federal cases that originate in Texas.

When using the Topic and Key Number System in Westlaw, the topic is assigned a particular abbreviation.

The Topic and Key Number System is the index to the entire National Reporter System.

The West Reporter that contains case law that deals ONLY with procedural law is called Federal Rules Decisions.

_______ is the citation for a case that is found in more than one reporter. For example, the same U.S. Supreme Court case can be found in United States Reports, in Supreme Court Reporter, and in United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer’s Edition.ct!

Statutory codes typically have two indexes. The index which covers a particular topic is called a title index and it is usually located in the last volume that covers a particular topic or title.

The daily publication which records the activities of Congress is called _______________.

The digest sets which index the case law found in West’s National Reporter System are called the American Digest System.

To vacate a case, means that the appellate court has ruled the case should be dismissed.

Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated have been nicknamed “The Black Statutes” and are published by the State of Texas Printing Office as the official source of Texas Statutory law.