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SOLUTION MANUA
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 5th Editio
by Putman, Albright, Chapters 1 - 1

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
v v v




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
v v




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
is
thevg
eneralvju
risdict
ion

, 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
:

Thev
Statev of

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