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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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)






2. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






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






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






5. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






6. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






7. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






8. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






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






10. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






11. 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






12. Restatement (of law)






13. 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






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






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






16. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






17. A syllabus of the court






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






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






20. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






21. 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'






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






23. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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

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






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






27. Compiled chronologically






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






29. 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.






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. Digest topic






32. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






33. Shepard's Citations is used






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






35. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






37. Encyclopedia






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






39. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






40. 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






41. Products of West Legal Studies






42. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






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






44. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






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






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






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






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






49. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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