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Certified Legal Research

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1. Official publication






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






3. 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.






4. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






5. 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






6. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






7. Compiled chronologically






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

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9. 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






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






11. Digests






12. Statutory law






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






14. Shepard's Citations is used






15. Statutory Supplements






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






17. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






19. Compiled by topic






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






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






22. Statutory law






23. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






24. West key number system






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Into seven regions.






29. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






30. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






31. The Federal Reporter






32. USOC - also known as the Blue Book - is universally accepted authority on legal citations - which is published jointly by the law reviews of Columbia - Harvard - the University of Pennsylvania - and Yale Law Schools.






33. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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






35. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






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






37. 88 C.J.S. Trial






38. Is used to check the current status of a case

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






40. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






41. 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.






42. 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)






43. The date upon which the decision was rendered






44. A syllabus of the court






45. Published by West






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






47. 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






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






49. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






50. 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.