Ohio legal research / Sara Sampson, Katherine L. Hall, Carolyn Broering-Jacobs.
2015
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Title
Ohio legal research / Sara Sampson, Katherine L. Hall, Carolyn Broering-Jacobs.
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2015]
Call Number
KFO75 .S26 2015
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9781611637496 (alk. paper)
161163749X (alk. paper)
161163749X (alk. paper)
Description
xxii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)914257229
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
xv
Series Note
xix
Preface and Acknowledgments
xxi
ch. 1
The Research Process and Legal Analysis
3
I.
Legal Research Generally
3
II.
The Intersection of Legal Research and Legal Analysis
3
III.
Types of Legal Authority
4
IV.
Court Systems
5
A.
Ohio Courts
5
B.
Federal Courts
7
C.
Courts of Other States
8
V.
Overview of the Research Process
9
A.
Generating Research Terms
10
B.
Researching the Law[—]Organization of This Text
11
VI.
Selecting Online Sources for Legal Research
12
ch. 2
Researching Constitutions
15
I.
Constitutions Generally
15
II.
The Ohio and U.S. Constitutions
15
A.
Constitutional Rights
15
B.
Unconstitutional Legislation
16
C.
Other Constitutional Provisions
16
III.
Constitutional Amendments
17
IV.
Researching the Ohio and U.S. Constitutions
17
A.
Find a Secondary Source for an Overview
18
B.
Find the Relevant Text of the Ohio or U.S. Constitution
18
C.
Find Cases That Construe or Apply the Constitution
19
D.
Update the Constitutional Provision
20
E.
Research the History of a Constitutional Provision or Constitutional Amendment
21
V.
Citing Constitutions
21
VI.
Additional Resources
22
ch. 3
Researching Statutes
23
I.
Statutes Generally
23
II.
Ohio Statutes
23
A.
Session Laws
24
B.
Statutory Codes
24
C.
Annotated Statutory Codes
25
III.
Federal Statutes
25
A.
Session Laws
27
B.
Statutory Codes
27
C.
Annotated Statutory Codes
28
IV.
Statutory Research Process
28
A.
Develop a List of Research Terms
28
B.
Consult Secondary Sources for an Overview and Citations to Primary Authority
29
C.
Find and Read the Statutory Language
29
D.
Find Cases that Interpret or Apply the Statute
30
E.
Updating Statutes
30
V.
Other Research Tools
31
A.
Uniform Laws and Model Acts
31
B.
Statutory Surveys
32
C.
Archived Codes
32
VI.
Citing Statutes
33
ch. 4
Understanding Cases
35
I.
Cases and Court Reporters Generally
35
II.
Publication of Ohio Cases
36
A.
Official Publication
36
B.
Print Published and Non-Print Published Distinction
37
C.
Unofficial Print Publication
38
III.
Reporters for Federal Cases
38
IV.
Topical Reporters
40
V.
Online Commercial Sources for Cases
40
VI.
Features of a Case
41
VII.
Reading and Analyzing Cases
44
A.
Brief Overview of Civil Procedure
44
B.
Analyzing the Substance of the Case
45
C.
Strategies for Reading Cases
47
ch. 5
Finding and Updating Cases
49
I.
Researching Cases Generally
49
II.
Full-Text Searching
50
A.
Types of Searches
50
B.
Narrowing Results with Limits or Filters
52
C.
Choosing What to Read
52
III.
Online Subject Searching
53
A.
Topical Searching on WestlawNext
53
1.
West's Key Number Digest
53
2.
Practice Areas
54
B.
Topical Searching on Lexis Advance
54
IV.
Starting with a Relevant Case
55
V.
Using Words and Phrases
55
VI.
Updating Cases with Citators
56
VII.
Citing Cases
60
Appendix: West Print Digests
60
1.
Searching for a Legal Issue with the Descriptive-Word Index
63
2.
Starting with a Relevant Case
66
3.
Words & Phrases
66
4.
Table of Cases
67
ch. 6
Researching Court Rules and Documents
69
I.
Court Rules and Court Documents Generally
69
II.
Ohio and Federal Court Rules
69
III.
Researching Court Rules
70
A.
Develop a List of Research Terms
71
B.
Find and Read the Rule
71
C.
Find Cases that Interpret or Apply the Rule
72
D.
Update the Rule
73
IV.
Citing Court Rules
73
V.
Rules of Professional Conduct
74
VI.
Finding Court Documents
74
ch. 7
Researching Administrative Law
77
I.
Administrative Law Generally
77
II.
Researching Administrative Rules and Regulations
78
A.
General Approaches to Researching Administrative Rules
79
B.
Researching Ohio Rules
80
1.
Ohio Administrative Code
80
2.
Ohio Monthly Record and the Register of Ohio
82
3.
Updating Ohio Rules
82
C.
Researching Federal Regulations
83
1.
Code of Federal Regulations
83
2.
Federal Register
84
3.
Updating Federal Regulations
86
III.
Researching Administrative Decisions
86
A.
Accessing Agency Decisions
86
B.
Updating Agency Decisions
87
IV.
Citing Administrative Rules and Decisions
87
A.
Rules and Regulations
87
B.
Agency Decisions
88
ch. 8
Researching Local Law
89
I.
Local Law Generally
89
II.
Finding Municipal Codes
90
III.
Updating Municipal Codes
91
IV.
Citing Municipal Codes
91
ch. 9
Researching Secondary Sources
93
I.
Secondary Sources Generally
93
II.
Legal Encyclopedias
93
III.
Practice Treatises
95
IV.
Forms
96
A.
Ohio Forms
97
B.
Federal Forms
97
C.
General Forms
98
V.
Law Journals, Legal Newsletters, and Blogs
98
A.
Law Journals
98
B.
Legal Newsletters
99
C.
Legal Blogs
100
VI.
Jury Instructions
101
VII.
General Secondary Sources
102
A.
American Law Reports
102
B.
Restatements and Principles[—]American Law Institute
103
C.
Uniform Laws and Model Acts
105
VIII.
Citing Secondary Sources
106
ch. 10
Researching Legislative History
107
I.
Legislative History Generally
107
II.
Overview of the Legislative Process
108
A.
Bill Introduced
108
B.
Committee Activity
109
C.
Floor Activity
109
D.
Executive Activity
109
III.
Federal Legislative History
110
A.
Types of Federal Legislative History Documents
110
B.
Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents
111
1.
Fee-Based Sources Online
111
2.
Free Sources Online
112
3.
Print Sources
112
C.
Finding Federal Legislative History Documents
114
D.
Tracking Current Federal Legislation
116
1.
Using Congress.gov to Track Federal Legislation
116
2.
Other Online Sources for Tracking Federal Legislation
116
a.
Gbvtrack.us
116
b.
WestlawNext
116
c.
Lexis Advance
117
d.
Bloomberg Law
117
IV.
Ohio Legislative History
117
A.
Types of Ohio Legislative History Documents
117
B.
Sources of Ohio Legislative History Documents
118
1.
Fee-Based and Free Sources Online
119
2.
Print Sources
119
C.
Finding Ohio Legislative History Documents
119
D.
Tracking Ohio Legislation
120
1.
Govtrack.us
121
2.
WestlawNext
121
3.
Lexis Advance
121
4.
Hannah Capitol Connection
122
5.
Gongwer
122
V.
Citing Legislative History Documents
122
ch. 11
Research Strategies
125
I.
Legal Research Process
125
II.
Research Example
126
A.
Generating Research Terms
126
B.
Consulting Secondary Sources
127
C.
Finding Statutes and Regulations
129
D.
Finding Cases
129
E.
Updating Authorities
130
F.
Concluding Your Research
131
ch. 12
Legal Citation
133
I.
Introduction to Legal Citation
133
A.
The Purpose of Legal Citation
133
B.
Sources of Citation Rules
134
C.
Incorporating Citations into a Document
135
D.
Citations to Print and Online Versions
136
II.
Ohio Manual of Citations
137
A.
General Instructions for Citing Cases Under the Ohio Manual of Citations
137
1.
Party Names
138
2.
Reporters
138
3.
Parentheticals
138
4.
Pinpoint Citations
139
5.
Introductory Signals
139
6.
Prior and Subsequent History
140
B.
Special Rules for Citing Particular Types of Ohio Cases
141
1.
Citing Ohio Cases Decided Before May 1, 2002
141
a.
Print Published (Reported) Cases
141
b.
Cases Not Appearing in a Print Reporter
142
2.
Citing Ohio Cases Decided After May 1, 2002
142
a.
Print Published Cases
143
b.
Non-Print Published Cases
144
C.
Citing Cases from Other State Jurisdictions
145
D.
Citing Cases from Federal Courts
146
E.
Citing Statutes and Regulations
146
F.
Secondary Sources
147
G.
Short-Form Citations
147
III.
The Bluebook and ALWD Guide
147
A.
Citations for Practice Documents
149
1.
Bluebook Quick Reference Guides
149
2.
Index
149
B.
Cases
150
1.
Essential Components of Case Citations
150
2.
Full and Short Citations to Cases
151
3.
Prior and Subsequent History
153
C.
Codes
153
D.
Constitutions
155
E.
Secondary Sources
155
F.
Signals
155
G.
Quotations
156
H.
Citation Details
157
I.
Citations for Law Review Articles
158
IV.
Editing Citations
159
V.
Deciphering Legal Abbreviations
159
Appendix A Ohio Research Guides
161
I.
Online Ohio Research Guides
161
II.
Print Research Guides
163
Appendix B Important Legal Research Terminology and Abbreviations
165
Appendix C County and Law School Libraries in Ohio
171
Appendix D Selected Legal Writing and Research Texts
177
About the Authors
179
Index
181