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Legal Research

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






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






3. 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






4. Supra


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






6. Encyclopedia






7. 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






8. Result or disposition of the case






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






10. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






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






13. Decennial Digest






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






15. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






16. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






17. 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)






18. United States Reports






19. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






20. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






21. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






22. Precedent






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






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






25. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






26. The Federal Reporter






27. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






28. As session laws






29. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






30. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






32. Name of the appellant






33. United States Reports






34. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






36. 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






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






38. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






40. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






41. 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






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






43. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






44. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






46. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






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






49. Typical case reporter






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