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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






2. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






3. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






4. Digests






5. Reported selectively






6. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






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






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






9. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






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






11. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






12. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Published by West






19. Supra

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20. The West key number system






21. A syllabus of the court






22. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






24. Shepard's Citations is used






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

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26. 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






27. Compiled chronologically






28. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






29. Summarize judicial opinions






30. 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.






31. Statutes at Large






32. Presidential proclamations






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






34. Infra

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35. Published by Lawyers Co-op






36. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






37. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






39. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






41. Precedent






42. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






43. 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






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






45. Typical case reporter






46. 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.






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






48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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