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Certified Legal Research

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1. Official publication






2. 22 C.F.R.






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






4. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






5. The rules and regulations of federal administrative agencies are cited either to the Code of Federal Regulations (arranged by topic and cited as C.F.R.) or to the Federal Register (arranged chronologically and cited as Fed. Reg.).






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






7. The Federal Reporter






8. 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






9. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






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






11. 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"






12. Legal encyclopedia published by West






13. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






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






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






16. 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






17. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).

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18. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






19. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






20. 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.






21. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






22. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






23. While indexes summarize statute topics






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






25. Statutory Supplements






26. 15 U.S.C.






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






28. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.






29. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






30. Shepard's Citations is used






31. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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32. Fed. R. Evid. 401






33. 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.






34. 1. number of the Code title2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






35. Consists of articles and various amendments






36. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






37. Use index to find statute section; read the statutory section; and check supplements for status.






38. Is the primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal.






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






40. 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.






41. 88 C.J.S. Trial






42. A proposed legislative measure






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






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






45. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.






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






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






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






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






50. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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