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Legal Research

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






2. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






3. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






4. Compiled chronologically






5. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






7. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






8. The Federal Reporter






9. 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






10. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






11. Supra

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12. Encyclopedia






13. What federal session laws are published in






14. Digests






15. 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






16. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






17. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






18. Summarize statute topics






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






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






21. F.Supp






22. S.Ct.






23. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






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






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






26. 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






27. Result or disposition of the case






28. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






29. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






30. Federal Rules Decisions






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






32. 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






33. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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34. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






35. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






36. Typical case reporter






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






38. United States Reports






39. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






40. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






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






42. Published by West






43. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






44. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






45. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






46. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






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






48. 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.






49. Restatement (of law)






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