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Certified Legal Research

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Statutory law






4. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






5. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






6. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






7. Indexes






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






9. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






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






11. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






13. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






14. 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 Can check the Historicdal Table at the back of A.L.R. Index to find ouit whether an A.L.R. series annotation has been superseded (r






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. The rules and regulations of federal administrative agencies are cited either to the Code of Federal Regulations (arranged by topic and cited as C.F.R.) or to the Federal Register (arranged chronologically and cited as Fed. Reg.).






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






21. Products of West Legal Studies






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






23. The Statutes at Large.






24. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.






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






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






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






28. United States Code (U.S.C.)






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






30. Official publication






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






32. Fed. R. Evid. 401






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






34. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






35. Result or disposition of the case






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






37. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






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






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






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






41. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






42. 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






43. Consists of articles and various amendments






44. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






46. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






47. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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48. Secondary authority






49. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






50. Into seven regions.