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Certified Legal Research

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1. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






3. Both state and federal.






4. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






5. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






6. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






9. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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10. Federal Rules Decisions






11. Statutory law






12. The digest for each ten-year period.






13. 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






14. 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.






15. Into seven regions.






16. 15 U.S.C.






17. A proposed legislative measure






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






19. 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






20. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






21. Compiled chronologically






22. When Internal Revenue Service is a party - the term Commissioner is used to identify it (meaning Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service); never use the abbreviation IRS.






23. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






24. 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






25. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).






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






27. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






28. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






29. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






30. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






32. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






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






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






35. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






37. The Statutes at Large.






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






39. Digests






40. 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).






41. The digest for the current period.






42. Indexes






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






44. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






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






46. 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)






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






48. Holding of a case which guides the decisions in future cases involving similar facts and similar legal issues






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






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