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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






2. Statutory law






3. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






4. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






5. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






6. The Federal Reporter






7. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






8. 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






9. Statutes at Large






10. State and federal






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






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






13. Encyclopedia






14. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






15. A syllabus of the court






16. Federal Cases






17. Summarized statute topics






18. Products of West Legal Studies






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






20. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






21. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






22. A proposed legislative measure






23. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






24. 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






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

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26. Digest topic






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






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






29. U.S.






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






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






32. 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






33. Precedent






34. 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






35. S.Ct.






36. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






37. 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






38. Infra

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






40. 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.






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






42. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






45. Supra

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






47. 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.






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






49. United States Reports






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