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1. Result or disposition of the case
secondary authority
to update the status of a particular statute
United States District Courts case reporters
decision
2. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
components of law review citation
to update the status of a particular statute
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
3. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case
Statutes at Large is
majority opinion
annotations
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
4. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
elements of a reported case
annotations
_____________ is an official publication
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.
5. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
restatements of law
advance sheets
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
correct law review citation
6. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
substantive law
headnote or syllabus
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
7. What federal session laws are codified and published in
correct A.L.R. citation
United States Code (U.S.C.)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
star paging
8. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
incorrect citation of a law review article
common law
9. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
These represent secondary authority
date of decision
TARP method
10. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.
de novo
American Law Reports
An annotation is
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
11. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
decision
session laws
West Publishing Company (West)
rationale
12. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
restatements of law
_____________ is an official publication
procedural law
slip law
13. A proposed legislative measure
components of Statutes at Large citation
Federal session laws may be found in...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
bill
14. 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
A.L.R. is filled with...
components of law review citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
West Publishing Company (West)
15. Typical case reporter
slip opinion
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
procedural law
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
16. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Rules of Evidence
caption
to update the status of a particular case
17. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
holding
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
treatise
en banc
18. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
unofficial publication of law
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
19. Statutory law
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Executive orders are...
de novo on record
date of decision
20. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g
procedural law
treatise
restatements of law
holding
21. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
correct A.L.R. citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Rules of Evidence
22. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
components of United States Code citation
United States District Courts case reporters
see generally
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.
23. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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24. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
bill
session laws
elements of a reported case
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
25. Summarize judicial opinions
de novo
digests typically
restatements of law
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
26. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
opinion
concurring opinion
27. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
components of Statutes at Large citation
28. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
concurring opinion
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.
star paging
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
29. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
United States Code (U.S.C.)
session laws
Shepard's Citations
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
30. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
TARP method
codified
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
31. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
court decision
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
caption
32. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
treatise
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
33. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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34. Compiled by topic
statutory law
United States Code is
U.S. Law Week
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35. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Executive orders are...
36. Supra
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37. U.S.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
These represent secondary authority
United States Reports is cited as
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
38. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
precedent
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
statement of facts
39. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
components of a standard case citation
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
indexes typically
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
40. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
41. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
An annotation is
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
42. Statutory law
These represent secondary authority
correct standard case citation
rationale
Federal rules and procedures are...
43. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
separation of powers
Supreme Court Reporter
44. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
contra
American Jurisprudence is a...
45. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
secondary authority
U.S. Law Week
codified
C.J.S uses...
46. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct legal encyclopedia citation
correct law review citation
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
47. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
to update the status of a particular case
headnote or syllabus
48. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
correct A.L.R. citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
sequence of citations
49. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r
slip law
precedent
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
50. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
components of United States Code citation
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
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