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Certified Legal Research

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1. 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






2. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






3. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






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






5. A proposed legislative measure






6. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






7. Statutory law






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






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






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






11. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.






12. 88 C.J.S. Trial






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






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






15. The digest for the current period.






16. S. Ct.






17. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






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






19. 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.






20. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -






21. To indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.

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






23. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






25. Shepard's Citations is used






26. Digest topic






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






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






29. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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30. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






31. 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






32. Statutes at Large






33. Fed. R. Evid. 401






34. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.






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






36. Used to find annotations on a particular topic which covers A.L.R.3d and A.L.R.4th and the series comes in five parts. Can check the Historicdal Table at the back of A.L.R. Index to find ouit whether an A.L.R. series annotation has been superseded (r






37. 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.






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






39. While indexes summarize statute topics






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. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






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






43. Into seven regions.






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






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






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






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

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48. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






49. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system






50. 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