| Jones v. Smith, 287 So.2d 145 (Fla. 4th DCA, 1998)
Do you want to win in court? You must learn citation rules! What are all those numbers? What do they mean? Does it seem complicated? It’s really simple. Simple, that is, once you see how we explain it for you. I’l tell you a few things today in this Tips & Tactics and leave the rest for you to learn with my affordable, official, 24-hour Jurisdictionary“How to Win in Court” step-by-step self-help course. The first part is easy, of course. The names of the parties are separated with a “v.” This means “versus” (as you already know), just as it will be Yankees v. Boston Red Sox in the 2011 World Series. Right? There may be other parties (more than just “Jones” and “Smith” in the fight) but a citation is still good if it names the prominent parties. Now, what about “287 So. 2d 543”? This is also simple (just like everything I explain in my affordable,official, 24-hour Jurisdictionary “How to Win in Court” step-by-step self-help course you should order today, if you haven’t already). The first number is the page where the “Jones v. Smith” written appellate court opinion appears. Tough? Not at all. It’s just a page number. Nothing more. See? It’s easy! And, “So.2d”? That’s just an abbreviation for a particular set of books known as “reporters” (i.e., books that “report” opinions of appellate court justices that control trial judges and their lower level decisions). In this example it stands for the “Second Edition” of the Southern Reporter. These contain written opinions of appellate courts in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. A complete set of the Southern Reporter, Second Edition will cost you around $14,566 but you don’t need to buy all those books once you know what I teach in my affordable, official, 24-hour Jurisdictionary “How to Win in Court” step-by-step self-help course. And that’s just the Second Edition. If your case were in one of these states (before the internet) you’d have to have access to the First and Third Editions. And, in addition (no pun intended) you’d need nearly $50,000 worth of National Reporters to have complete access to all federal cases, including U.S. Supreme Court cases, to be “in the know”. Ahhh. How sweet the internet, because today we have access to all of this for pennies … and it’s all searchable using Boolean operators(also explained in my course). Alright, what about “(Fla. 4th DCA, 1998)”? That’s even easier! The case is clearly in the appellate courts of Florida. It is from the Fourth District Court of Appeal (operating from West Palm Beach). The case was decided in 1998. See? I do know how to make this stuff easy! Right? Who said law is too hard for pro se people to learn? If someone said that to you, it’s probably because they just didn’t know that my course exists and is affordable! YOU WILL LOSE … if you don’t learn how to cite “legal authority” as explained clearly in my official step-by-step, 24-hour Jurisdictionary“How to Win in Court” course! The only opinions that count in court are the recorded opinions of appellate justices who stand in judgment over trial level judges and have power to reverse them if they disagree with the appellate courts’ decisions in any way! Your opinions of law count for nothing in court. You must know how to (1) find appellate court opinions that control your judge and (2) know how to properly cite those cases in the papers you file and the statements you make in open court. Show the judge the law so he knows the appellate court will reverse his decision if he rules against YOU! This is how smart pro se people win! |
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NALP on ABA Job Reporting: Not So Fast There Buddy
There is at least one or more angles to the ABA upping its law school data placement information I’d like to mention. See Joe’s post from earlier today, ABA Revises Law School Placement Data Reporting Requirements. The first is that…
Univ. of Baltimore Law School Dean Told to Take a Hike by University Administration
Quoting from the published announcement by Baltimore Law’s Dean Phil Closius: At a meeting at 4 o’clock on July 28, University President Robert Bogomolny asked for my resignation as Dean of the School of Law. As of today’s date, I…
Excessive File Sharing Verdict Rejected By Trial Court For the Third and Final Time
The hardest working case in showbiz made another appearance today. It’s the Jammie Thomas-Rasset song file sharing case. Judge Davis has had enough. There were three trials on damages due to the parties’ refusal to accept the jury award or…
Understanding the US Constitution
OK, so today is not the anniversary of the US Constiution but after reading and understanding the drafting process that produced the Declaration of Independence (see above post), it seem logical that all interested non-specialists make an attempt to under…
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Chief Justice Roberts Announces Retirement of Supreme Court Librarian Judy Gaskell
On the last day of the SCOTUS term Chief Justice Roberts announced yesterday: ”The Court also notes today that the Court’s Librarian, Judith Gaskell, has announced her retirement. She will be leaving us before we reconvene in the fall. Ms….
Unbound: CALI Conference for Law School Computing Starts Today
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with John Mayer, CALI Executive Director, mentioning that one thing (really the only thing) I miss about not being an academic law librarian anymore was that I cannot justify having my little county…
Reminder: Law Librarian Conversations: Today at 2:00 PM Central Time
Law Librarian Conversations, will be returning to BlogTalkRadio. It’s the Summer Preview/Spring Wrap Up episode and is scheduled for 2:00 PM Central Time, today. Click on this link to listen in. Rich Leiter and his crew will be talking about…
Watchdog on Wall Street Chris Markowski Weighs In on the Financial Crisis
"Watchdog on Wall Street" Chris Markowski's roles are reversed when Rich Bergeron interviews this popular talk show host about the distressed U.S. economy.
As part of Fight News Unlimited‘s plan to expand our coverage to cover fights of all kinds on all fronts, we spoke today with Chris Markowski, known as the Watchdog on Wall Street.
“Rabble Rousin'” Rich Bergeron interviewed Markowski earlier today to tackle the fight against government waste and corruption that is playing out in congressional debates and is a topic TV news pundits are constantly discussing these days. Markowski is a political and economic expert and nationally-syndicated radio talk show host. Chris talks about a variety of different topics surrounding our volatile United States economy in our podcast below.
USA Today reported recently that the US Government will be on the hook for 61.6 trillion dollars in unpaid financial promises thanks in part to Social Security and Medicare. The Watchdog on Wall Street says if you add the financial bailouts and other government payouts for social programs we could see this number hit 100 trillion dollars. Chris Markowski predicted this would happen 5 years ago, and has been warning Americans for over 10 years.
That debt makes each US household responsible to pay $527,000.00 to fund these promises. That responsibility is 5 times the amount an average US home borrows for a house, car and other debt.
Chris Markowski’s Background:
* Hosts a syndicated radio show which is heard in over 100 markets
* Regularly featured expert on CW network’s “Daily Buzz”
* Frequent Contributor to FOX News and CNN
* President of Markowski Investments
* Appeared on “Inside Edition”
* Political and Financial Expert
Find out more about Chris at his Web-site:
http://watchdogonwallstreet.com/index.html
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