Citations to Federal Legal Materials

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Citations to Federal Legal Materials

• Public Laws
• An Act to Provide a Temporary Government for the
  Territory of Montana, Ch. 95, 13 Stat. 85 (1964).
• Statutes
• 43 U.S.C. 772.
• 43 U.S.C.A. 772 43 U.S.C.S. 772
• Cases
• Cragin v. Powell, 128 U.S. 691 (1891).
• Cragin v. Powell, 128 U.S. 691, 9 S. Ct. 203
  (1891).
• Banks v. Ogden, 69 U.S. (2 Wall.) 57 (1865).
• Sweeten v. U.S. Dept. of Ag., 684 F.2d 679 (10th
  Cir. 1982).
• Bulcher v. U.S., 384 F. Supp. 709 (D. Cal.
  1974).
• Administrative Materials
• 43 C.F.R. 9180 (2006).
• Henry O. Woodruff, 24 I.B.L.A. 190 (1976).
• Henry O. Woodruff, IBLA 76-230 (1976).

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Citations to Montana Legal Materials

• Statutes
• Mont. Code Ann. 70-22-108.
• Cases
• Stephens v. Hurley, 172 Mont. 269 (1977).
• Stephens v. Hurley, 172 Mont. 269, 563 P.2d 546
  (1977).
• Olson v. Jude, 2003 MT 186, 316 Mont. 438, 73
  P.3d 809.
• Administrative Materials
• Admin. R. Mont. 24.183.1104 (2005).

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Citations to General Legal Materials

• 12 Am. Jur. 2d Boundaries 19 (1997).
• 11 C.J.S. Boundaries 11 (1995).
• Walter G. Robillard Lane J. Bouman, Clark on
  Surveying and Boundaries (7th ed., LEXIS 1997).

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Elements of a Case

• Header
• Citation
• Parties
• Case number
• Court
• Date
• Summary
• Headnotes
• Majority Opinion
• Concurring Opinions
• Dissenting Opinions

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Some Helpful Websites

• Wm. J. Jameson Law Library
• www.umt.edu/law/library
• United States Statutes at Large (v. 1-18)
• http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html
• United States Code (from GPO Access)
• http//www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
• Code of Federal Regulations (from GPO Access)
• http//www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
• United States Supreme Court Opinions
• http//www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
• Interior Board of Land Appeals Decisions
  (beginning with v. 125 (1992))
• http//www.ibiadecisions.com/Ibla/iblamainpage.htm
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• Montana Code Annotated
• http//data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca_toc/index.ht
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• Montana Supreme Court Opinions
• http//fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll
  /SLL_FN_Home.htm
• Findlaw
• http//www.findlaw.com