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Certified Legal Research

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1. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






2. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






3. Official publication






4. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






5. Digests






6. 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






7. 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






8. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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

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10. 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






11. Omit initials in unless the initial is part of the widely recognzied name (B.J. Hollis Corp. becomes Hollis Corp. - but initials are retained for J.C. Penney Co.). Omit Ltd. - Inc. - and similar terms if the party's name also contains R.R. - Co. - Br






12. Case law






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






14. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






15. 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






16. Federal district courts across the country.






17. 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






18. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






19. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






20. At the close of each legislative term.






21. Refers to a previously cited authority. May not be used to refer to constitutions - statutes - or cases previously cited in full in legal memoranda and briefs; however - it may be used in genearl text - in books - and in law review articles.






22. Federal Rules Decisions






23. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






25. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






26. Official publication






27. 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.).






28. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






29. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)






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






31. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






32. The date upon which the decision was rendered






33. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






35. Primary authority






36. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






38. 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.






39. Into seven regions.






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






41. 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.






42. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






43. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






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

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






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






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






49. 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






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