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Certified Legal Research

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1. Compiled chronologically






2. 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






3. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.






4. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






7. 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)






8. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






16. Both state and federal.






17. Fed. R. Evid. 401






18. The date upon which the decision was rendered






19. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






20. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.


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






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






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






24. 22 C.F.R.






25. Official publication






26. The Statutes at Large.






27. USOC - also known as the Blue Book - is universally accepted authority on legal citations - which is published jointly by the law reviews of Columbia - Harvard - the University of Pennsylvania - and Yale Law Schools.






28. American Digest System






29. Refers to a previously cited authority. May not be used to refer to constitutions - statutes - or cases previously cited in full in legal memoranda and briefs; however - it may be used in genearl text - in books - and in law review articles.






30. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






31. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)






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






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






34. Statutory law






35. Digests






36. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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


39. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d


40. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






41. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).






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






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






44. 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






45. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






47. Is the same case published in more than one case reporter and should not be used when citing to U.S. Supreme Court cases; cite to U.S. Reports ONLY - for state cases must be cited if they exist.






48. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






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






50. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin