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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. The Federal Reporter






2. Supra

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3. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






4. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






5. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






6. Decennial Digest






7. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






8. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






9. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






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






12. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






13. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






14. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






15. Result or disposition of the case






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






17. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






18. Primary authority






19. 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'






20. An explanatory note






21. The date upon which the decision was rendered






22. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






23. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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24. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






25. Published by Lawyers Co-op






26. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






27. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






28. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






29. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






30. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






31. Federal Rules Decisions






32. Federal Cases






33. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






34. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






35. Products of West Legal Studies






36. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






38. State and federal






39. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






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






41. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






42. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






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






45. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






46. Shepard's Citators






47. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






48. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






49. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






50. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi