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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






2. An index






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






4. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






5. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






6. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






8. 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






9. A proposed legislative measure






10. The Federal Reporter






11. 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






12. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






14. Official publication






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






16. Infra

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17. Statutory law






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






19. United States Reports






20. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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21. Explanation of the subject






22. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






24. 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.






25. Statutory law






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






27. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






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






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






30. Reported selectively






31. Result or disposition of the case






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






33. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






34. Digests






35. 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






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






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






38. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






39. 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






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






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






42. At the close of each legislative term






43. Selected decisions






44. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






45. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






46. Published by West






47. Supra

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






49. 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






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