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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






2. Shepard's Citators






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






4. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






5. Reported selectively






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






7. The Federal Reporter






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






9. Compiled chronologically






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






11. A proposed legislative measure






12. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






13. Federal Cases






14. Statutory law






15. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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16. Explanation of the subject






17. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






18. Digests






19. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






20. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






22. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






23. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






24. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






25. 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






26. United States Reports






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






28. Statutes at Large






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






30. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






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






32. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






33. 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






34. Secondary authority






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






36. Name of the appellant






37. 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






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






39. Official publication






40. 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)






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






42. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






43. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






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






45. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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46. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






47. Statutes at Large






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






49. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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