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Certified Legal Research

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






2. Case law






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






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






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






6. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






7. Indicates that the full citation appears later in the memorandum - brief - or other work.






8. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.






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






10. 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.






11. A proposed legislative measure






12. 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.






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






14. Official publication






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






16. 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.






17. Legal encyclopedia published by West






18. Statutory Supplements






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






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






21. Statutory law






22. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.






23. 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






24. Digests






25. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d


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






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






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






29. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -






30. Official publication






31. Primary authority






32. S. Ct.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. When state government is a party - such as the plaintiff in a criminal case - it is identified in the case name simply as "State" (State v. Jones).






39. 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






40. The date upon which the decision was rendered






41. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






42. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are "arbitrary or capricious"






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






44. 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.






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






46. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






47. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.


48. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






50. Digest topic