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Certified Legal Research

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1. The Statutes at Large.






2. Published by West






3. While indexes summarize statute topics






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






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






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






7. Is used to check the current status of a case

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8. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for its holding and decision






9. 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






10. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.






11. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






12. United States Code (U.S.C.)






13. 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






14. Statutory law






15. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).






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






17. 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






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






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






20. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.

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21. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






22. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






23. 15 U.S.C.






24. For a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.






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






26. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






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






29. Omit initials in unless the initial is part of the widely recognzied name (B.J. Hollis Corp. becomes Hollis Corp. - but initials are retained for J.C. Penney Co.). Omit Ltd. - Inc. - and similar terms if the party's name also contains R.R. - Co. - Br






30. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






32. Official publication






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. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






35. Legal encyclopedia published by West






36. 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.






37. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






38. 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






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






40. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






42. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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






44. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






46. When Internal Revenue Service is a party - the term Commissioner is used to identify it (meaning Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service); never use the abbreviation IRS.






47. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






48. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.






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






50. Federal district courts across the country.