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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Selected decisions






2. 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.






3. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






6. At the close of each legislative term






7. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






8. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






9. 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'






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






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






12. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






13. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






14. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






15. Shepard's Citators






16. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






17. 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






18. An explanatory note






19. United States Reports






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






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






22. Case law






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






24. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






26. What federal session laws are published in






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


28. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






29. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






30. 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






31. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






32. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






35. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






36. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






37. F.Supp






38. Summarized statute topics






39. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






40. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






41. Statutory law






42. Statutory law






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






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






45. Published by West






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






47. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






48. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






50. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)