This is the first case to be heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, established October 1, 1981 pursuant to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980, P.L. 96-452, 94 Stat. 1995, and this opinion is the first to be published by the Eleventh Circuit. Under...
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Legal Research
The Most Common Footnote in the Eleventh Circuit
Constitutional Interpretation
Recently, Ezra Klein appears to have made a misstatement regarding the binding nature of the Constitution. Ezra did raise a good point during his interview–embedded below–regarding the confusion that may arise when attempting to interpret the Constitution. In order to illustrate this point I have provided two sources below that demonstrate the various methods...
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Famous Trials
Douglas Linder at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law has created a webpage of famous trials. It contains transcripts, biographies, and other information. The earliest trial included is that of Socrates (399 B.C.). The most recent trial covered is the prosecution of Moussauri in 2006. It is a great source...
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Legal Research Exercise
This is a video of the Ady Gil in a collision with the Shonan Maru No. 2. What legal sources may answer jurisdictional issues and guide a lawyer in establishing who may be at fault? How did you find your sources?
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Understanding a Statute
“When statute is clear and unambiguous, courts will not look behind the statute’s plain language for legislative intent or resort to rules of statutory construction to ascertain intent.” Cherry v. State, 959 So. 2d 702, 713 (Fla. 2007) (citing Lee County Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Jacobs, 820 So. 2d 297, 303 (Fla. 2002). ...
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Free Legal Research
Georgetown University has done a great job of creating a list of free and low cost legal research resources. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/freelowcost.cfm
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Legal Research 101
I recently found a great resouce for legal research thanks to my colleague David Simon. The link provides a number of tutorials guiding the reader through a number of research topics. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/tutorials/
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