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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






2. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






3. What federal session laws are codified and published in






4. Restatement (of law)






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






6. United States Reports






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






8. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






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






10. Extensive selected annotations






11. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






14. 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






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

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16. The date upon which the decision was rendered






17. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






19. 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






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






21. Primary authority






22. 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'






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






24. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






25. Explanation of the subject






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






27. Selected decisions






28. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






29. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






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






33. Shepard's Citators






34. Digests






35. 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






36. United States Reports






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






38. What federal session laws are published in






39. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






40. 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






41. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






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






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






44. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






45. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






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






47. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






48. Decennial Digest






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






50. Reported selectively