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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






2. Shepard's Citations is used






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






4. As session laws






5. 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






6. Reported selectively






7. Compiled by topic






8. Restatement (of law)






9. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Secondary authority






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






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






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






19. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






20. An index






21. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






22. Shepard's Citators






23. Infra

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24. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






25. Digest topic






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






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






28. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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29. United States Reports






30. State and federal






31. Published by Lawyers Co-op






32. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






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






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






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






38. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






39. U.S.






40. 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






41. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






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






43. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






45. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. A syllabus of the court