Oregon Legal Research BlogYou’ll find lots to laugh and wonder about in the May 15th, 2012, Gallagher blogs posting:
Articles Posted in United States Federal Resources
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How do you Cite to a CFR Appendix?
Librarians, like mathematicians, find humor in the oddest places, so unless you’re one of us, don’t expect to find this as funny as I did:
While catching up on the back-issue research tip wonders to be found in the excellent LLSDC Law Library Lights newsletters, I came upon this article:
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Online CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
Excellent CFR News: CFR Table of Contents
“Cornell Legal Information Institute has released an online version of the CFR. This new online edition of the CFR is the result of an unprecedented two-year collaboration between the Government Printing Office (GPO), the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School (LII), and the Cornell Law Library. …
The project implemented features that have been often requested by government regulators, corporate counsel, and law librarians. The LII’s edition of the CFR has the same search and navigation features that have made its edition of the United States Code the leading free, online source for Federal statutes for over a decade.”
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How and Where to Find the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
(Sometimes people call this 2009-2010 law the Health Care Reform Act, ObamaCare, the Affordable Health Care Act, etc.)
Do you want the enrolled bill, the session law, a section number, or a page number? (If the latter, you’ll need to be specific about which version of the law the page number appears.)
This information may help – or so we can hope:
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Oregon and U.S. Court and Case Law e-Summary Service
Subscribe to Oregon and U.S. court and case law e-summary services from the Willamette University Law School service: Willamette Law Online. It’s a painless way to stay informed about new caselaw:
1) 9th Circuit Case Summary Service
2) Oregon Court of Appeals Case Summary Service
3) Intellectual Property Case Summary Service
4) Oregon Supreme Court Case Summary Service
5) United States Supreme Court Case Summary Service
For example, they alerted me to this upcoming U.S. Supreme Court copyright case:
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New legal research guide – Administrative law
If you’ve been following the news regarding the proposed administrative rule eliminating Native American mascots in Oregon public schools, and wanted to know more administrative rules and administrative law in general, you’re in luck. The Washington County Law Library has a brand new administrative law legal research guide available on its website. You can find more Oregon Legal Research blog posts on administrative law, including an invaluable post on researching the history of an OAR, using the “administrative law” tag. As always, many other legal research guides are available on the law library’s website, and you can always peruse the document index for quick document retrieval.
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U.S. Supreme Court Same-Day Oral Argument Audio: Affordable Health Care Cases
Interested in following the U.S. Supreme Courts arguments in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Cases?
They plan to allow same-day audio of the oral arguments, so keep an eye on the Supreme Court’s website March 26-28, 2012.
Or, maybe you’d rather do a crossword puzzle? Gallagher blogs about: NPR’s Legal Crossword Puzzle
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When the Supreme Court “Rock” Bashes into the Stephen Colbert “Hard Place,” Brace Yourself, Bridget
Law in the News alerts us (on 2/3/12) to this provocative article:
Colbert v. the Court: Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance,” Dahlia Lithwick, Slate dot com, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
Excerpt: “…. When a 91-year-old former justice is patiently explaining to a comedian that corporations are not people, it’s clear that everything about the majority opinion has been reduced to a punch line….” [Link to full Slate article.]
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Seven Law Librarians Serve Nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices
The next time someone tells you that “it’s all online” or that they don’t need law libraries or law librarians, ask why it is that the smartest guys on the block, the U.S. Supreme Court Justices (with apologies to excellent law professors and lawyers everywhere), still have a law library and professional law librarians (plus support staff).
U.S Supreme Court appoints new Law Librarian (January 17, 2012, press release).
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How to Find Federal Ninth (9th) Circuit Court of Appeals Briefs: Update
There is a new source for Ninth (9th) Circuit Court of Appeals briefs that can be added to my previous list. Many, many thanks to University of Hastings Law Library and the Law dot Gov team!
This is a work in progress. Don’t forget that PACER is an alternate source for official federal court case filings. Not all law libraries subscribe to PACER, but many do so contact your local public law library for PACER information.