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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Infra

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2. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






4. Statutory law






5. Summarize judicial opinions






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Selected decisions






12. F.Supp






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






14. Supra

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






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






17. An index






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

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






20. Statutory law






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






22. Case law






23. Statutes at Large






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






25. What federal session laws are published in






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. A proposed legislative measure






32. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. Legal encyclopedia published by West






40. Published by West






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






42. Summarize statute topics






43. Official publication






44. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






45. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






46. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






47. 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






48. 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.






49. Summarized statute topics






50. United States Reports