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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






5. Compiled by topic






6. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






7. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






8. At the close of each legislative term






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






10. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






11. The Federal Reporter






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






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






14. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Encyclopedia






18. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






19. Result or disposition of the case






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






21. Digest topic






22. 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.






23. Decennial Digest






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






25. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






26. U.S.






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






28. Products of West Legal Studies






29. F.Supp






30. 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






31. As session laws






32. 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'






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






34. Summarize statute topics






35. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d


36. Shepard's Citations is used






37. Secondary authority






38. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






39. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






41. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






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






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






45. Restatement (of law)






46. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






49. The West key number system






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