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Legal Research

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






6. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






7. 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






8. Official publication






9. Statutes at Large






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






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






12. Explanation of the subject






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






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






15. Encyclopedia






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






17. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






18. Published by Lawyers Co-op






19. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






20. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






21. Compiled chronologically






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






23. Statutory law






24. An index






25. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






26. United States Reports






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






28. 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






29. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






30. Federal Cases






31. 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)






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






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






34. Primary authority






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






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






37. Supra

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38. 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






39. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






40. 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.






41. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






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






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






45. 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






46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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47. Reported selectively






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






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






50. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation