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Legal Research

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






2. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






3. Seven






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






5. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






6. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






8. Compiled chronologically






9. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






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






11. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






12. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






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






14. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






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






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






17. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






18. Restatement (of law)






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






20. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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21. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






22. Statutory law






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






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






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






26. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






27. 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






28. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






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






30. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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






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






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






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






36. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






37. Selected decisions






38. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






40. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






41. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






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






43. Result or disposition of the case






44. Official publication






45. Products of West Legal Studies






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






47. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






49. 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






50. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court