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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






2. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






3. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






4. 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






5. 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






6. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






8. The Federal Reporter






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






10. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






11. 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.






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






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






14. Name of the appellant






15. Official publication






16. 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.






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






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






19. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






20. Digest topic






21. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






22. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






23. At the close of each legislative term






24. Restatement (of law)






25. Compiled by topic






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






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






28. Reported selectively






29. As session laws






30. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Selected decisions






37. Infra


38. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






39. Compiled chronologically






40. 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






41. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






42. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






43. United States Reports






44. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






46. Seven






47. United States Reports






48. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






49. 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






50. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher