Encyclopedias; collections of annotated cases.

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Section 61. Encyclopedias; collections of annotated cases.—It is not belittling the value of encyclopedias or of the several collections of annotated cases to urge that they should be used primarily to orient the lawyer in unfamiliar fields of law, or to supply him with citations to cases and with leads for further research—but that they should not generally be relied upon or cited as authorities. A proper exception would be in situations where law libraries are limited or generally inaccessible. Normally—and certainly before the Supreme Court of the United States or any other...

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