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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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. Statutes at Large






4. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






5. 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.






6. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






7. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






9. Result or disposition of the case






10. The West key number system






11. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






12. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






13. Shepard's Citators






14. Federal Rules Decisions






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






16. Supra

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17. 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






18. What federal session laws are codified and published in






19. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






20. 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






21. Digests






22. Compiled chronologically






23. Summarized statute topics






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. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






27. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






29. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






30. 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






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






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






33. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






34. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






35. An index






36. Name of the appellant






37. An explanatory note






38. Extensive selected annotations






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






40. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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41. 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






42. Decennial Digest






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






44. 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.






45. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






46. U.S.






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






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






49. Secondary authority






50. Explanation of the subject