The first step in the statutory analysis process requires:

Laws passed by Congress is commonly referred to as statutory law rather than by common law.

Before a statute may be applied to the facts of a client’s case, the elements of the statute must be identified.

The second step of the statutory analysis process requires:

United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition is an unofficial publication of United States Supreme Court decisions published by LexisNexis.  

In a case brief, it is not necessary to include background facts.

Annotations often include cross-references to other statutes.

Case law is far larger in volume than either constitutional or statutory law.

Every decision by a court is published.

A court, when addressing the issue of what the term publication means when used in a specific statute, is: