SOLUTION MANUA
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 5th Editio
by Putman, Albright, Chapters 1 - 1
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTvI:vINTRODUCTIONvTOvRESEARCH,vANALYTICALvPRINCIPLES,vANDvTHEvLEGA
vPROCESS.
1.vIntroductionvtovLegalvPrinciplesvandvAuthorities.
2.vIntroductionvtovLegalvResearchvandvAnalysis.
PARTvII:vLEGALvRESEARCH.
3.vConstitutions,vStatutes,vAdministrativevLaw,vandvCourtvRules—ResearchvandvAnalysis.
4.vCasevLaw—ResearchvandvBriefing.
5.vSecondaryvAuthorityvandvOthervResearchvSources—
Encyclopedias,vTreatises,vAmericanvLawvReports,vDigests,vShepard's.
6.vSecondaryvAuthority—
Periodicals,vRestatements,vUniformvLaws,vDictionaries,vLegislativevHistory,vandvOthervSecondaryvA
horities.
7.vComputersvandvInternetvLegalvResearch.
8.vCommercialvInternetvResearch.
PARTvIII:vTHEvSPECIFICSvOFvLEGALvANALYSIS.
9.vLegalvAnalysis—KeyvFacts.
10.vLegalvAnalysis—IssuevIdentificationv(SpottingvthevIssue).
11.vLegalvAnalysis—StatingvthevIssue.
12.vCasevLawvAnalysis—IsvavCasevonvPoint?
13.vCounteranalysis.
PARTvIV:vLEGALvWRITING.
14.vFundamentalsvofvWriting.
15.vThevWritingvProcessvforvEffectivevLegalvWriting.
16.vOfficevLegalvMemorandum:vIssuesvandvFacts.
17.vOfficevLegalvMemorandum:vAnalysisvtovConclusion.
18.vExternalvMemoranda:vCourtvBriefs.
19.vCorrespondence.
,Solution and Answer Guide v v v
CHAPTERv1:v:vINTRODUCTIONvTOvLEGALvPRINCIPLESvANDvAUTHORITIES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Assignmentv1vAnswers ........................................................................................................................... 1
Assignmentv2vAnswers ........................................................................................................................... 2
Assignmentv3vAnswers ........................................................................................................................... 2
Assignmentv4vAnswers ........................................................................................................................... 4
Assignmentv5vAnswers ........................................................................................................................... 6
ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS v v
Answervthevfollowingvquestionsvregardingvthevcourtsvinvyourvstate:
1. ArevtherevlimitedvjurisdictionvcourtsvinvyourvState?
Answer:vThevstatevconsideredvherevis,vTexasvinvthevUnitedvStates.vFederalvcourtsvarevthevcourtsvthatvhavevlimit
edvjurisdictions.vTheyvonlyvhearvthevcasesvwhichvarevapprovedvbyvthevUnitedvStatesvconstitution.vDistrictvcourt
svarevthevfirstvlevelvofvfederalvcourtsvwherevlimitedvjurisdictionvexists,vfollowedvbyvcircuitvcourtsvandvsupremevc
ourts.
a. Namevthosevcourts:
Answer:vTherevarevfourvfederalvdistrictvcourtsvinvthevStatevofvTexas.vTheyvarevdividedvintovUnitedvStatesvDistr
ictvCourtsvofvthevNorthernvDistrict,vEasternvDistrict,vSouthernvDistrict,vandvWesternvDistrictvofvTexas.vTherev
arev14vcourtsvofvappealsvinvTexasvwhichvhavevintermediatevjurisdictionvinvcivilvandvcriminalvcasesvwhichvarevap
pealsvfromvthevcountryvcourts.v AndvlastlyvthevSupremevcourtvofvTexas
b. Whatvtypesvofvcasesvcanveachvofvthosevcourtsvpresidevover?
Answer:vThevcasesvinvthevdistrictvcourtvofvTexasvconsistvofvcriminalvcases,vdivorcevcases,velectionvcases,vcivilv
matters,vandvanyvothervmattersvwhichvarevnotvplacedvinvthevtrialvcourt.vThevcircuitvcourtvconsistsvofvthevcivilvan
dvcriminalvcasevwhichvisvappealedvbyvdistrictvcourts.vThevSupremevCourtvofvTexasvisvthevresortvofvcivilvmattersv
invthevUS.vTexasvCourtvisvthevresortvofvcriminalvmatters.
2. Whatv
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, courtvinvyourvState?
Answer:vInvthevStatevTexasvofvUnitedvStates,vthevgeneralvjurisdictionvcourtvisvavdistrictvcourt.
a. Howvarevthosevcourtsvorganized—byvcounty,vdistrict,vetc.?
Answer:v Thev geographicalv areav coveredv byv eachv courtv isv formulatedv byv thev Legislaturev ofv thev UnitedvStat
es;vhowever,veachvcountryvisvservedvbyvavminimumvofvonevdistrictvcourt.
b. Doesvthatvcourtvhavevappellatevjurisdictionvovervcasesvfromvanyvlimitedvjurisdictionvco
urts?
Answer:vThevdistrictv courtsv dovhavevappellatevjurisdictionv invallv thevsubordinatevcourtsv whichvarevlocatedvinvt
hevdistricts;vitvcoversvbothvcivilvandvcriminalvcases.
3. Whatvarevthevappellatevjurisdictionvcourtsvinvyourvstate?
Answer:vThevappellantvcourtsvinvStatesvTexasvconsistvofvthevSupremevCourt,v14vintermediatevcourtsvofvthevap
pellant,vandvavcourtvofvcriminalvappeals.
a. Isvtherevanvintermediatevappellatevcourt?vWhatvisvitvcalledvandvisvitvavsinglevcourtvorvare
vtherevmultiplevdivisions?
Answer:vTherevarev14vintermediatevcourtsvofvappeals.vTheyvhavevjurisdictionvinvcivilvandvcriminalvmattersvfro
mvthevdistrictvcourtsvinveachvofvtheirvgeographicalvcourtvofvappealsvofvdistrictvstate.vTheyvhavevlimitedvwritvjuri
sdiction.
b. Whatvisvthevhighestvappellatevcourt?
Answer:vThevcourtvofvCriminalvappealsvisvthevhighestvappellatevcourtvinvthevstatevTexasvofvThevUnitedvStates.
ASSIGNMENT 2 ANSWERS v v
Question:
Accessvthevwebsitevforvyourvstate‘svlegislature.vHowvmanyvgroupsvofvstatutesvarev therev(thesevmayvbevcalledvtit
les,vsections,vcodes,vetc.)?vDoesvthevstatevlegislaturevwebsitevprovidevavlinkvtovthevstatevconstitution?
Answer
:
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Statev of
