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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






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






3. The West key number system






4. Summarize judicial opinions






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






6. Statutory law






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

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8. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






14. Name of the appellant






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






16. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






18. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






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






21. F.Supp






22. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






25. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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26. Federal Cases






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






28. Official publication






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






30. Precedent






31. Summarize statute topics






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






33. Infra

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






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






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






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






38. Statutory law






39. Secondary authority






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






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. A syllabus of the court






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Summarized statute topics






50. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).