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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






2. Seven






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






4. The West key number system






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






6. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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

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9. Compiled by topic






10. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






12. Secondary authority






13. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






14. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






15. 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.






16. Compiled chronologically






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






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






19. Explanation of the subject






20. 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






21. Federal Rules Decisions






22. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






23. U.S.






24. 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






25. 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






26. Encyclopedia






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






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






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






30. Official publication






31. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






33. Summarize judicial opinions






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






35. What federal session laws are published in






36. Primary authority






37. Selected decisions






38. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A proposed legislative measure






46. Typical case reporter






47. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






49. Infra

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