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Certified Legal Research

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).






3. S. Ct.






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






5. Indicates that the full citation appears later in the memorandum - brief - or other work.






6. Annotated law reporter and is the secondary legal authority published by Lawyers Co-op.






7. Combined digest to access all federal courts.


8. Published by Lawyers Co-op






9. U.S. Const. art. IV -






10. Into seven regions.






11. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






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






13. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






15. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






16. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)






17. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






18. 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






19. 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)






20. When state government is a party - such as the plaintiff in a criminal case - it is identified in the case name simply as "State" (State v. Jones).






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






22. 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 - Restatements of Law Published by th






23. 22 C.F.R.






24. 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.






25. Official publication






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


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






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






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






30. The date upon which the decision was rendered






31. Slip opinions compiled in two different sets of advance sheets: (1) United States Law Week (U.S.L.W) - published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs and (2) United States Supreme Court Bulletin - published by Commerce Clearing House.






32. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.






33. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






34. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






35. Both state and federal.






36. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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


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






44. West publishes separate digests for nearly every state plus the District of Columbia - as well as digests tied to five of its seven regional case reporters.






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






46. Result or disposition of the case






47. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






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






49. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






50. 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.