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Certified Legal Research

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1. Case law






2. At the close of each legislative term.






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






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






5. Used to indicate that the full citation appears immediately above - meaning that no other citations intervene between the full citation and the short form id.






6. 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)






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






8. Regardless of how it may have been shown in the lower courts.






9. WESTLAW - West Publishing Company; and LEXIS - Mead Data Corporation.






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






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






12. While indexes summarize statute topics






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






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






15. The Federal Reporter






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






17. Products of West Legal Studies






18. Into seven regions.






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






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






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






22. Statutory law






23. 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






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






25. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






26. Statutes at Large






27. Digest topic






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






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






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






39. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






40. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






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






43. The date upon which the decision was rendered






44. Official publication






45. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






46. Official publication






47. United States Reports






48. Compiled chronologically






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






50. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.