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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Reported selectively






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






3. Secondary authority






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






5. Presidential proclamations






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






7. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






8. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. Products of West Legal Studies






17. Extensive selected annotations






18. Decennial Digest






19. S.Ct.






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






21. The date upon which the decision was rendered






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. Published by West






26. What federal session laws are codified and published in






27. As session laws






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






29. Digests






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






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






32. Digest topic






33. 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






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






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






36. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






37. Compiled chronologically






38. U.S.






39. 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






40. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






41. Summarize judicial opinions






42. An explanatory note






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. The West key number system






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






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






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