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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. A syllabus of the court






2. 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






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






4. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






5. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






6. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






8. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






9. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






10. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






12. What federal session laws are published in






13. Federal Rules Decisions






14. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






15. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






16. Typical case reporter






17. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






18. An explanatory note






19. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






20. United States Reports






21. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






22. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






23. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






24. Secondary authority






25. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






26. Official publication






27. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






28. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






29. An index






30. The West key number system






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






32. 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






33. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






34. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






35. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






36. Federal Cases






37. Statutory law






38. Restatement (of law)






39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






40. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






41. U.S.






42. The Federal Reporter






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






44. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






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






46. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






47. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






48. As session laws






49. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






50. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming