Questions and Answers of Legal Research Analysis and Writing

The assignment requires access to Westlaw online. At the West search box enter kc: 131 S. Ct. 2705 (Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 131 S. Ct. 2705 (2011)).What is the citation for the 2011 Illinois Court
Has 2 A.L.R. Fed. 347 been replaced or superseded? By what annotation has this been done?
The client, a shareholder in a corporation, believes that the corporation exceeded its authority when it expanded the corporation’s business from the repair of automobiles to the sale of automobile
Refer to Corpus Juris Secundum. What section defines the term name, and what is the definition?
The client’s brother was killed in an automobile collision. Family members disagree about whether viewing of the deceased should be allowed, due to the degree of damage to the body. What section of
Which Am. Jur. 2d title and sections address 18 U.S.C.S. § 204?
Access the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals website. Locate the link to Opinions. What ways does this website provide for researchers to search for cases?
a. How are the opinions organized?b. Are both published and unpublished opinions available?c. Does the Court’s website have any information about citing unpublished opinions? If so, what is your
a. How many not yet published opinions (NRel) are listed there for the current year?b. What does the NRel abbreviation mean?Access the Illinois Supreme Court website and locate the link to Recent
Access the U.S. Supreme Court website and locate the Opinions link, specifically the 2014 Term Opinions of the Court. Specifically locate the case with the docket number 13-1314. In what volume of
a. What information is provided in each Sliplist?b. What happens to each Sliplist as new bound volumes are produced? Access the U.S. Supreme Court website and locate the Opinions link. Under the
a. Where else can the case be found (other citation to decision)?b. What areas of law does the case involve?c. What court decided the case and in what year?Access the case located at 536 F. Supp. 2d
a. Give the name of the case.b. What was the disposition of the case?c. What is the name of the circuit judges that heard the case?d. What is the name of the judge that authored the opinion?Access
a. Are there any court opinions of any jurisdiction, state or federal, that cite the decision?b. What types of secondary sources cite the opinion?c. What is the ALR annotation that could lead you to
The client was stopped for failing to maintain lane. The officer learned the client had a warrant and arrested the client. The client’s car was searched, a gun was found, and the officer learned
a. Give the legal encyclopedia reference(s) that refers to aggravated or armed robbery.b. Give the ALR cite (if any) that addresses the question of how the use of an unloaded gun affects criminal
a. Give the ALR cite that addresses what constitutes entrapment to commit federal crimes of terrorism.b. Give the name and citation of the 2015 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, decision that
a. What is the definition of passenger?b. In the alternative, if there is not a definition listed in the case, what are the factors the court will consider in determining if someone is a passenger?c.
a. Give the name and citation of a 2001 Minnesota case which lists the elements of battery.b. Referring to the Minnesota case, does battery require the intent to injure?c. Cite a Kentucky case
a. Locate the case at 336 P.3d 779.b. What is the name of the case?c. Which headnote indicates that the case holds that, contrary to the common law, a statutory dog bite claim does not require proof
a. Give the name of the case.b. List all parallel citations.c. What court decided the case and in what year?d. Who were the attorneys for the defendants?Access the case located at 1 N.E.3d 641.
a. What section covers public involvement in decisions?b. What does that section say about the right of the public to be involved in determining the use of trails and roads?c. When is absence of
a. What is the citation for the statute?b. What is the term of imprisonment for this offense?c. How is “domestic assault” defined in this statute?Go to www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ and link to the United
a. Prepare an outline of the statutory elements.b. When can a husband or wife testify against each other? When are they prohibited from testifying against each other?c. Husband, while driving under
a. What uniform law governs this question?b. Have there been prior versions of this uniform law? What is the most recent version?c. In the most recent version, what section(s) address who may make an
a. What section defines a trade secret? What is the definition?b. What is the reason for providing protection to trade secrets?c. What Rhode Island law addresses trade secrets?d. What 1998 case from
a. What section sets out the elements of assault?b. Which comment addresses a key difference between the section identified above and the parallel section in the Restatement (Second) of Torts? What
Refer to the Legal Resource Index. What is the title and citation of the article in the Daily Chicago Law Bulletin that covered Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting
Your client is a city with a growing urban agriculture movement. The city wants to know about regulation of urban agriculture, particularly microlivestock ordinances. What is a 2015 journal article
a. What is the Shepard’s signal for Crawford?b. What types of cautionary analysis are there? Provide both the type and the number of references for each.This assignment requires access to
a. Does the statute apply to the lease of goods?b. What are the required elements of the statute? In other words, for a contract for the sale of goods of $500 or more to be enforceable, what is
a. A nuncupative will may be made only by a person in imminent peril of death and shall be valid only if the testator died as a result of the impending peril, and must be:1. Declared to be his last
Refer to the Federal Register for October 19, 2015. On what page(s) of the Federal Register is the final rule of the Parole Commission on the topic of paroling, recommitting, and supervising federal
Access the Code of Federal Regulations. What, if any, federal regulation applies to environmental impact statements for activities in Antarctica?
Answer the questions in assignment 8 using your state law governing arson.Data from assignment 8A person who knowingly sets fire to, burns, causes to be burned, or by use of any explosive, damages or
a. What are the required elements of arson?b. Tom breaks into a neighbor’s barn, sets off 20 sticks of dynamite, and blows up the barn. The barn does not catch fire, but it is blownto small bits
Look up a statute of your choosing in your state. You may find it in a print source, a commercial Internet source, or a noncommercial source, such as your state legislature’s website.1. What source
Refer to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the U.S.C.A. or U.S.C.S. Cite the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision addressing the applicability of the privilege against
Refer to the U.S.C.S. Cite the title and section of the code that addresses equal opportunity in contract solicitation, housing, and community development by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Refer to the U.S.C.A. What is the definition of a “digital audio recording device” under the copyright law? If you used the U.S.C.A. in print, when was the section last amended? If you used an
Your state’s paralegal association has a yearly two-day conference that provides both continuing education credits and booths where vendors of various types of law office software can share
a. Based upon the information presented in the problem, conduct an analysis of the client’s case and prepare a complete and detailed analysis of the problem.b. Repeat assignment a, assuming the
a. Discuss and describe in detail the steps you should follow when conducting the legal analysis.b. Assume there are possible causes of action based on freedom of speech under the First Amendment and
Client’s FactsThe client is charged with burglary. He broke a window, entered his neighbor’s garage, and took three cases of beer. The garage is a separate building located about six feet from
a. Which authority is primary authority, and which is secondary authority? Why?b. Which authority can be mandatory authority? Why? What would be required for any of the sources to be mandatory
Assume that all the cases are on point, that is, they are sufficiently similar to the facts and issues involved in the problem to apply as precedent.a. Which authority is primary authority, and which
When is a court opinion considered precedent?
Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state:1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your state?a. Name those courts.b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside

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