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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






2. Summarize statute topics






3. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






4. Selected decisions






5. Reported selectively






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






7. Published by West






8. What federal session laws are codified and published in






9. 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






10. Digests






11. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






13. Encyclopedia






14. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






15. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






17. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






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






21. 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






22. Infra

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23. What federal session laws are published in






24. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






25. Secondary authority






26. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






27. 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






28. Statutes at Large






29. Published by Lawyers Co-op






30. Decennial Digest






31. Shepard's Citations is used






32. Digest topic






33. The Federal Reporter






34. Primary authority






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






36. Shepard's Citators






37. Presidential proclamations






38. Result or disposition of the case






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






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






41. State and federal






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






43. 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






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






45. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






46. 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






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






48. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






49. Supra

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