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Reporters arrange case law in roughly chronological order, based on when each opinion was written by the court.

Reporters arrange case law in roughly chronological order, based on when each opinion was written by the court.

The person who is dissatisfied with the trial court’s decision and who brings the appeal is known as the “Appellant”.

Supplementary Pamphlets, Pocket Parts, and Bound Volumes containing statutes are codified.

A per curiam opinion is an anonymous opinion written “by the court.”

The “life cycle” of a case refers to its status as first being released as a slip opinion, then appearing in the advance sheets, then the bound volumes.

Federal Administrative Law first appears in the Federal Register (Fed. Reg.) and later appears in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.).

A city charter is the equivalent to a constitution at the city level of government.

Private laws appear in the Statutes at Large, but they are not published after that.

Annotations are primary authority and are commentary added by the publisher to help the researcher better understand a particular case or statute.