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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






2. 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






3. 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.






4. The date upon which the decision was rendered






5. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






6. An index






7. Published by Lawyers Co-op






8. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






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






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






12. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






13. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.


14. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






17. At the close of each legislative term






18. 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.






19. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






20. Legal encyclopedia published by West






21. 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






22. A syllabus of the court






23. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






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






28. Secondary authority






29. F.Supp






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






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






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






33. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






34. United States Reports






35. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






36. Precedent






37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






38. Statutes at Large






39. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






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






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






42. Supra


43. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






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






46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






47. Statutory law






48. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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


50. Digests