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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Published by West






2. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






3. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






4. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






5. Reported selectively






6. What federal session laws are published in






7. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






8. 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






9. Summarize statute topics






10. Statutory law






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






12. An index






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






14. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






15. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






16. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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17. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






19. Statutes at Large






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






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






22. Compiled chronologically






23. Decennial Digest






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






25. Name of the appellant






26. Infra

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27. 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






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






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






30. Presidential proclamations






31. United States Reports






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






33. At the close of each legislative term






34. What federal session laws are codified and published in






35. U.S.






36. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






38. 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






39. Primary authority






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






41. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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

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






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






45. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






46. Typical case reporter






47. Compiled by topic






48. Digests






49. Encyclopedia






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