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Certified Legal Research

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






2. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






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






4. 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.






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






6. Case law






7. F.Supp






8. 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






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






10. The Federal Reporter






11. (Dallas - Cranch - Wheaton - Peters - Howard - Black - and Wallace) - which were cited - for example - 1 Dall. 233.






12. A syllabus of the court






13. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






14. A proposed legislative measure






15. 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.






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






17. Compiled by topic






18. 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






19. 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.






20. 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)






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






22. Is a finding tool ONLY - usually compiled by the publisher of the case reporter to which it relates. NEVER cite as legal authority for any purpose.






23. Issued by a private - non-government publisher (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other).






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






25. U.S.






26. 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






27. Products of West Legal Studies






28. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






29. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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30. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






31. American Digest System






32. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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






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






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






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






37. Result or disposition of the case






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

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39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Official publication






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

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






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






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






49. While indexes summarize statute topics






50. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court