Week 9
All Content Forms ◦ By State ◦ By Topic ◦ By Publication ◦ By Local Region Secondary Sources ◦ Am Jur (Texts & Treastises—under Tools for AmJur2d) ◦ Under States—various practice guides etc Statutes and Rules ◦ FRCP and FRAP—federal court forms ◦ California—check specific codes for selected forms Trial Court Documents
Uscourts.gov Court’s Website PACER.gov Agency sites ◦ Sec.gov Filings Descriptions of Filing Types EDGAR—Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
Courts.ca.gov—Judicial Council Forms ◦ Official Jury Instructions ◦ Appellate Court documents ◦ California Secretary of State Corporate/Business Forms-- Business Programs -> Business Entities ; Trademarks
DON’T FORGET GOOGLE! JUST BE SURE TO INCLUDE “CALIFORNIA” IN ANY SEARCH FOR FORMS
Sample Documents ◦ ◦
Look at U.S. v. Apple et al. Sept
Check documents on U.S. v. Apple (sept. 18, 2014) Check use of ppts in closing summations
G0 to Case filings on home page /link to Public Documents
Appellate Briefs Business Letters
Findlaw Professional ◦ “free forms” (link on homepage) Mostly sample contracts from famous companies ◦ Featured Documents (link at bottom of page)
Search for “cameras in the courtroom”