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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






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






4. Digests






5. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






6. Federal Cases






7. Selected decisions






8. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






9. An index






10. Statutory law






11. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






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






14. Digest topic






15. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






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






17. Precedent






18. Secondary authority






19. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






21. Shepard's Citations is used






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






23. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






24. 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






25. Explanation of the subject






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






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






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






29. Compiled by topic






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






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






32. American Digest System






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. F.Supp






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. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






41. 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






42. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






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






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






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






46. At the close of each legislative term






47. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






50. Slip opinions collected and published periodically