RESEARCH PROCESS EXERCISE TEPLY RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT #2 CASE LAW
Your Name ________________ Your Professor’s Name _______________________ Your Section _______________________________ Assigned Problem Number ____________________ [If there are difficulties finding books, add 5 to your problem number] 1. Read Exercise 10 on pages 67-73. Locate the case in hard copy and record the information that you would need to know to cite the case: a. The name(s) of the parties as listed at the beginning of the opinion: Stifft’s Jewelers v. Oliver b. The volume number of the official reporter: 678 c. The page number on which the case begins: 372 d. The full name of the court: Supreme Court of Arkansas e. The year of decision: 1984 2. What is the basic citation of the case that you retrieved for this exercise (Volume number, reporter, and beginning page of the case)? Stifft’s Jewelers v. Oliver, 678 S.W.2d 372 (Ark. 1984). 3. Retrieve different case than used above (from the lists on pp. 72-73) using Westlaw. Browse through the West headnotes and key numbers for the case. What is the full text of the most relevant headnote and number to your research problem?
Sentimental value was a consideration in determining value of rings which could not be bought and sold in a readily available market but which were coveted awards and symbols of certain achievements accomplished by very few. Number 8
4. Using Westlaw, record the information that you would need to know to cite the published source for the case: a. The names of the parties listed at the beginning of the opinion: Campins v. Capels b. The volume number of the official reporter: 461 c. The name of the reporter: North Eastern Reporter 2nd edition d. The page number on which the case begins: 712 e. The full name of the court: Indiana Court of Appeals, 4th district f. The year of decision:
1984 5. Retrieve a third case (from the lists on pp. 72-73) using LEXIS-NEXIS. What is the basic citation of the case that you retrieved for this exercise (Volume number, reporter, and beginning page of the case)? Volume 602 of the South Western Reporter 2 nd edition, page 411 6. What is the LEXIS citation of the case, if any?
602 S.W.2d 315; 1980 Tex. App. LEXIS 3530
7. Record the information you would need to know to cite the published source for the case: a. The names of the parties listed at the beginning of the opinion:
Jewell v. Jewell
b. The volume number of the official reporter: 602 c. The name of the reporter: South Western Reporter 2nd edition d. The page number on which the case begins: 411 e. The full name of the court:
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Sixth District
f. The year of decision: 1980