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Certified Legal Research

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






2. Official publication






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






4. The Statutes at Large.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






11. While indexes summarize statute topics






12. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






14. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






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






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






18. Indexes






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






20. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






22. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






24. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






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






27. Supplemented by the A.L.R. Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






28. 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






29. Official publication






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)






34. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






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. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -






37. 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






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






39. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are "clearly erroneous" based on the record as a whole






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






41. American Digest System






42. 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






43. Case law






44. The digest for each ten-year period.






45. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






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






47. 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






48. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






49. 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.






50. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.