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Certified Legal Research

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1. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






2. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






3. 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






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






5. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






6. Result or disposition of the case






7. U.S.






8. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






11. Slip opinions compiled in two different sets of advance sheets: (1) United States Law Week (U.S.L.W) - published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs and (2) United States Supreme Court Bulletin - published by Commerce Clearing House.






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






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






14. 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.






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

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16. Case law






17. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






18. Statutes at Large






19. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






20. 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.).






21. Both state and federal.






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

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23. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






24. Federal district courts across the country.






25. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






26. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






28. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






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






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






31. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for its holding and decision






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






33. Published by Lawyers Co-op






34. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).

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






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






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






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






39. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






41. 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






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






43. The digest for each ten-year period.






44. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case - Restatements of Law Published by th






45. 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






46. Legal encyclopedia published by West






47. Used to indicate that the full citation appears immediately above - meaning that no other citations intervene between the full citation and the short form id.






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






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






50. Official publication