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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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






9. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






10. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






11. Result or disposition of the case






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






13. Compiled chronologically






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






15. Encyclopedia






16. An explanatory note






17. Statutes at Large






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






19. Digests






20. Decennial Digest






21. Case law






22. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






25. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






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






27. Secondary authority






28. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






29. Name of the appellant






30. Restatement (of law)






31. 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






32. Official publication






33. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






35. 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






36. Federal Cases






37. 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.






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






39. Selected decisions






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






41. 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






42. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






43. 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.






44. 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






45. Statutes at Large






46. 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






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






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






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






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