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Certified Legal Research

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






2. Official publication






3. 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






4. A secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






10. A syllabus of the court






11. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).






12. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






13. Devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.






14. Sometimes called a hornbook - is a single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






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






17. 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






18. Is issued when a federal case first decides a case. This is a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






19. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






20. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.






21. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






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






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






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






25. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Statutory law






32. 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"






33. Federal Rules Decisions






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






35. Shepard's Citations is used






36. Are catalogued under topics and subtopics assigned to key numbers - using the TARP method. T - thing or subject matter involved in the case; A - Action (cause of action) or ground for defense to an action; R - Relief sought; P - parties - meaning the






37. Result or disposition of the case






38. 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)






39. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






40. 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






41. Use digest to find case references; read the case in the reporter; and shepardize to determine status.






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






43. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






44. Primary authority






45. Official publication






46. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






47. There are 3 case reporters for the U.S. Supreme Court - United States Reports (U.S.) Official - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) Unofficial - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d) Unofficial






48. Products of West Legal Studies






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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