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Certified Legal Research

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1. Statutory Supplements






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






3. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






4. The Statutes at Large.






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






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






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






8. 22 C.F.R.






9. Result or disposition of the case






10. Statutes at Large






11. 15 U.S.C.






12. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






13. 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






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






15. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






16. 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






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






18. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






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






22. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






23. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






24. 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






25. 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






26. F.Supp






27. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






28. S. Ct.






29. U.S.






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






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






32. 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






33. Products of West Legal Studies






34. Federal district courts across the country.






35. The method used to determine whether a case still is good law is to check the citation in the appropriate set of Shepard's Citations.






36. Legal encyclopedia published by West






37. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






38. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






39. 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.






40. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






42. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






43. 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






44. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






47. Into seven regions.






48. 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






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






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