Section One

$12$ points

Answer each of the following in your own words.

$1.$ Discuss the general differences between primary and secondary authority.

$2.$ Name the characteristics of mandatory authority and the characteristics of persuasive authority.

$3.$ Discuss how the concept of stare decisis is relevant to a legal research assignment.

$4.$ What is meant when we say an opinion is on point to a client$$s case?

$5.$ Provide the names of the two major books on citation guidelines.

$6.$ List the $2$ major legal encyclopedias.

Section Two

$8$ points

Directions: Please refer to the opinion attached $($Click Here$).$

Identify every authority cited in the opinion $($note that some sources may be cited more than once$)$ and then do the following:

List all primary mandatory authority

List all primary persuasive authority

List all secondary persuasive authority

Section Three

$10$ points

Answer each of the following in your own words.

$1.$ List the $3$ techniques used to assist in identifying search terms when using indexes and search engines as discussed in Statsky.

$2.$ List and define the three interrelated levels of researching a legal problem as discussed in Statsky.

$3.$ When is a lower court required to follow a higher court$$s opinion in the same judicial system?

$4.$ Explain the difference$/$s between an official reporter and an unofficial reporter.

$5.$ Is a higher court ever required to follow a lower court$$s opinion in the same judicial system? Why or why not?

Section Four

$5$ points

Research the structure of your own court systems $($both state and federal$),$ provide the corresponding sets of reporters $($books$)$ for each court level and indicate which court opinions are binding on each court within those systems.

Provide the name of your state.Section One

$12$ points

Answer each of the following in your own words.

$1.$ Discuss the general differences between primary and secondary authority.

$2.$ Name the characteristics of mandatory authority and the characteristics of persuasive authority.

$3.$ Discuss how the concept of stare decisis is relevant to a legal research assignment.

$4.$ What is meant when we say an opinion is on point to a client$$s case?

$5.$ Provide the names of the two major books on citation guidelines.

$6.$ List the $2$ major legal encyclopedias.

Section Two

$8$ points

Directions: Please refer to the opinion attached $($Click Here$).$

Identify every authority cited in the opinion $($note that some sources may be cited more than once$)$ and then do the following:

List all primary mandatory authority

List all primary persuasive authority

List all secondary persuasive authority

Section Three

$10$ points

Answer each of the following in your own words.

$1.$ List the $3$ techniques used to assist in identifying search terms when using indexes and search engines as discussed in Statsky.