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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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






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






4. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






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






6. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






7. 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'






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






9. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






10. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






11. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






12. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






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






19. An index






20. 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






21. 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






22. Statutes at Large






23. F.Supp






24. 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






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






26. United States Reports






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






28. Products of West Legal Studies






29. Federal Cases






30. Compiled chronologically






31. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






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






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






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






37. Federal Rules Decisions






38. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






41. Statutory law






42. Summarized statute topics






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Published by Lawyers Co-op






49. As session laws






50. 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