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Certified Legal Research

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1. 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






2. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






3. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system






4. 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.).






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






6. Secondary authority






7. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






8. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






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






10. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






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






12. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






13. West key number system






14. Statutory law






15. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






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






17. There are 3 case reporters for the U.S. Supreme Court - United States Reports (U.S.) Official - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) Unofficial - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d) Unofficial






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






19. Statutes at Large






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






21. Both state and federal.






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






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






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






25. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






26. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






28. 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.






29. The digest for each ten-year period.






30. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.

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31. 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.






32. The Federal Reporter






33. American Digest System






34. U.S.






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






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






37. Statutory law






38. Official publication






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






40. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






41. Indexes






42. Federal Cases






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






44. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.






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






46. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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47. 88 C.J.S. Trial






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






49. 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.






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