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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






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

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






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






5. Selected decisions






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






7. Decennial Digest






8. 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.






9. Published by Lawyers Co-op






10. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. Compiled by topic






13. Digest topic






14. S.Ct.






15. An index






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






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






18. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






19. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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20. At the close of each legislative term






21. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






22. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






23. Secondary authority






24. Statutory law






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






26. Compiled chronologically






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






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






29. 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






30. Reported selectively






31. Name of the appellant






32. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






33. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






34. Digests






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






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






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






38. State and federal






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






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






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






42. United States Reports






43. Restatement (of law)






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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