Legal Publications and Research

What is published in the Federal Second reporter

• United States statutes

• Decisions of the federal district (trial) courts

• Decisions of the U.S. circuit (appellate) courts

• Federal regulations

California Jurisprudence is a _________________ (primary or secondary) sources of authority.

For a case pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is ____________________ (mandatory precedent or persuasive)

What is published in the California Reports reporter?

• Decisions of the California trial courts

• Decisions of the California appellate reports

• Decisions of the California Supreme Court

• California stuff

If you were starting your research in California Jurisprudence, where would you start?

• I'd go straight to the volume that seems to cover the area I'm researching.

• I'd use the indexes.

• I'd use the California Digest.

• I'd use Google.

What is an advance sheet?

• We don't really need to know this, because we can update our research on Lexis and Westlaw.

• It's a preliminary version (draft) of court decisions.

• It's a soft-bound publication that publishes statutes or cases before they are published in the hardbound volumes or pocketparts.

• It's the best way to place a bet at the racetrack.