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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. An explanatory note






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Statutes at Large






10. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






11. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






12. At the close of each legislative term






13. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






14. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






15. Decennial Digest






16. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






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






18. 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)






19. Seven






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Infra

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27. 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






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






29. U.S.






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






31. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






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






33. Supra

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34. Products of West Legal Studies






35. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






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






38. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






40. Legal encyclopedia published by West






41. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






44. 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






45. Shepard's Citators






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






47. Summarize statute topics






48. Explanation of the subject






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






50. 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