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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






2. State and federal






3. Secondary authority






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






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






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






7. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






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






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






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






11. Federal Rules Decisions






12. Encyclopedia






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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21. 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






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






23. An explanatory note






24. United States Reports






25. Products of West Legal Studies






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






27. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






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






29. 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






30. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






32. Infra

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33. Presidential proclamations






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






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






36. Summarized statute topics






37. 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






38. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






39. 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






40. Published by West






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






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






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






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






45. The Federal Reporter






46. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






47. U.S.






48. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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