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Legal Research

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






2. 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.






3. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






4. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






7. 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






8. 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'






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






10. 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






11. Typical case reporter






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






13. Summarize judicial opinions






14. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






16. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






17. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






18. The date upon which the decision was rendered






19. Selected decisions






20. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






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






22. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






28. 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






29. Decennial Digest






30. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






31. An index






32. U.S.






33. 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






34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






36. At the close of each legislative term






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






38. Digest topic






39. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






40. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






41. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






42. Federal Cases






43. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






44. Statutory law






45. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






46. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






47. American Digest System






48. Restatement (of law)






49. 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






50. State and federal