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1. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
components of and A.L.R. citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
slip opinion
2. What federal session laws are published in
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
3. Digest topic
The record of a court case includes
components of a Federal Register citation
U.S. Law Week
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
4. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'
U.S. Law Week
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
on the record
5. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
components of law review citation
Federal Rules of Evidence
6. Statutory law
bill
Executive orders are...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
7. Secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
procedural law
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
slip law
8. Products of West Legal Studies
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
9. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one
The record of a court case includes
substantive law
dissenting opinion
indexes typically
10. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
components of law review citation
parallel citation
correct citation of United States Code
American Law Reports
11. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief
secondary authority
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
statutory law
the signal infra
12. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
caption
United States District Courts case reporters
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
13. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
unofficial publication of law
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
14. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
components of Statutes at Large citation
An annotation is
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
see - e.g.
15. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
American Law Reports
slip opinion
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
sequence of citations
16. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
correct A.L.R. citation
West Publishing Company (West)
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the _______________ appears first in the case caption - regardless of how the caption may have been shown in the lower courts.
17. What federal session laws are codified and published in
Supreme Court Reporter
memorandum opinion
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
United States Code (U.S.C.)
18. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
separation of powers
components of a standard case citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
19. An index
constitutional law
These represent secondary authority
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
20. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Shepard's Citations
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
21. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
elements of a reported case
incorrect case citation
date of decision
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
22. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
American Law Reports
court decision
substantive law
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
23. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
parallel citation
United States Reports is cited as
West Publishing Company (West)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
24. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
correct citation of Statutes at Large
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
opinion
25. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
26. Presidential proclamations
per curiam opinion
unofficial publication of law
substantive law
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
27. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
bill
United States Reports
West Publishing Company (West)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
28. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
indexes typically
date of decision
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
correct A.L.R. citation
29. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
court opinion
memorandum opinion
codified
Statutes are published as session laws...
30. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Statutes are published as session laws...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
31. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
court opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
en banc
32. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
_____________ is an official publication
33. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
United States Code (U.S.C.)
key number system
bill
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
34. Selected decisions
_____________ is an official publication
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
elements of a reported case
35. Extensive selected annotations
The record of a court case includes
An annotation is
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
A.L.R. is filled with...
36. Compiled chronologically
decision
Statutes at Large is
indexes typically
components of and A.L.R. citation
37. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
American Law Reports
The signal '_____' is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.
on the record
West Publishing Company (West)
38. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
correct citation of United States Code
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
U.S. Law Week
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
39. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
West Publishing Company (West)
_____________ is an official publication
components of and A.L.R. citation
elements of a reported case
40. Official publication
American Jurisprudence is a...
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
The signal '_____' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs) to indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
treatise
41. Shepard's Citators
digests typically
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
_____________ is an official publication
42. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
43. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
de novo on record
digests typically
United States Reports
most correct definition of star paging
44. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
parallel citation
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
45. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
per curiam opinion
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
correct citation of a Constitutional article
46. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
components of a standard case citation
components of law review citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
treatise
47. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
court opinion
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
bill
48. Legal encyclopedia published by West
slip law
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
caption
rationale
49. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7
sequence of citations
cf.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
50. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
_____________ is an official publication
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
components of United States Code citation
common law