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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






2. What federal session laws are published in






3. Digest topic






4. 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'






5. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






6. Statutory law






7. Secondary authority






8. Products of West Legal Studies






9. 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






10. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






11. 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






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






13. Summarized statute topics






14. 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.






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






16. United States Reports






17. What federal session laws are codified and published in






18. 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






19. An index






20. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






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






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






23. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






25. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






26. Presidential proclamations






27. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






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






29. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






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






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






32. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






33. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






34. Selected decisions






35. Extensive selected annotations






36. Compiled chronologically






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






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






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






40. Official publication






41. Shepard's Citators






42. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






43. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






44. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






45. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






47. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






48. Legal encyclopedia published by West






49. 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






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