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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






2. Restatement (of law)






3. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






4. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






5. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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6. S.Ct.






7. Encyclopedia






8. Presidential proclamations






9. State and federal






10. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






12. What federal session laws are published in






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






14. The West key number system






15. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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)






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






21. Seven






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






23. Statutes at Large






24. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Primary authority






31. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






32. Digests






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

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34. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






36. The date upon which the decision was rendered






37. Summarize statute topics






38. 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.






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






40. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Extensive selected annotations






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






48. 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






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






50. 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