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Certified Legal Research

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1. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






2. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 15 U.S.C.






7. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






8. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






9. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






10. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






11. Secondary authority






12. 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






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






14. American Digest System






15. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






16. Is the primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal.






17. The digest for the current period.






18. 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






19. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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

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21. U.S. Const. art. IV -






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






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






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

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25. Digests






26. Compiled by topic






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






28. 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.






29. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






30. 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.






31. 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






32. West key number system






33. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






34. Federal Cases






35. Case law






36. 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






37. 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






38. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






39. A secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic






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






41. Legal encyclopedia published by West






42. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






43. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






44. Published by West






45. 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






46. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






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






48. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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

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50. Statutory law