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Certified Legal Research

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1. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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






3. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






4. Case law






5. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






6. 22 C.F.R.






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






8. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -






9. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






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






11. 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






12. Statutory Supplements






13. 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






14. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Shepard's Citations is used






24. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






26. Use digest to find case references; read the case in the reporter; and shepardize to determine status.






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






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






29. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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30. Compiled chronologically






31. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






33. A proposed legislative measure






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






35. Into seven regions.






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






37. Statutes at Large






38. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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39. U.S.






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






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






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






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






45. The date upon which the decision was rendered






46. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






47. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






48. West publishes separate digests for nearly every state plus the District of Columbia - as well as digests tied to five of its seven regional case reporters.






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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