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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Encyclopedia






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






3. Primary authority






4. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






7. The West key number system






8. Name of the appellant






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






10. 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






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. 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






13. F.Supp






14. Case law






15. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






16. 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






17. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






19. Explanation of the subject






20. 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






21. 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.






22. Secondary authority






23. Published by West






24. 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






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






26. The Federal Reporter






27. American Digest System






28. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






29. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






30. Reported selectively






31. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






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






35. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






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






39. 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






40. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






43. Selected decisions






44. 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






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






46. Supra

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






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






49. State and federal






50. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).