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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op


2. Published by West






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Summarize judicial opinions






7. Products of West Legal Studies






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






9. Decennial Digest






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






11. Supra


12. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






14. Case law






15. Primary authority






16. 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






17. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






18. What federal session laws are published in






19. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






20. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






21. Secondary authority






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






23. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






24. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






25. 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)






26. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






28. 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






29. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






30. 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






31. Infra


32. At the close of each legislative term






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






34. Reported selectively






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






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






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






38. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






39. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






42. American Digest System






43. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






44. An explanatory note






45. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






46. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






47. Presidential proclamations






48. Summarize statute topics






49. 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.






50. What federal session laws are codified and published in