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Legal Research

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






2. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






3. Typical case reporter






4. 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)






5. F.Supp






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






7. The Federal Reporter






8. Infra

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9. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






10. Selected decisions






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






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






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






14. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






15. Presidential proclamations






16. Digest topic






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






18. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






19. Published by West






20. 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






21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






23. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






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






25. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






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






27. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






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






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






30. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






31. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






32. Supra

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






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






35. At the close of each legislative term






36. 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






37. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






38. 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






39. U.S.






40. A proposed legislative measure






41. Products of West Legal Studies






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






43. American Digest System






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

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45. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






46. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






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






48. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






49. Legal encyclopedia published by West






50. An index