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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






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






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






6. State and federal






7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






8. 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






9. 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'






10. Statutory law






11. Summarize statute topics






12. 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






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






14. Published by Lawyers Co-op






15. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






17. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






18. Digest topic






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






20. Encyclopedia






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






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






23. Statutes at Large






24. American Digest System






25. United States Reports






26. Legal encyclopedia published by West






27. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






28. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






29. As session laws






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






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






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






33. Seven






34. 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.






35. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






36. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






37. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






38. Typical case reporter






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






40. The Federal Reporter






41. Presidential proclamations






42. Products of West Legal Studies






43. Case law






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






45. U.S.






46. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






47. Statutes at Large






48. Summarize judicial opinions






49. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






50. An explanatory note