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1. Presidential proclamations
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
constitutional law
restatements of law

2. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
U.S. Reports contains

3. Explanation of the subject
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
see generally
correct standard case citation

4. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
advance sheets
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.

5. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
legal dictionaries
unofficial publication of law
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
U.S. Law Week

6. Federal Rules Decisions
see generally
United States Code is
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
correct citation of Statutes at Large

7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
contra
A.L.R. is filled with...
correct Federal Register citation
C.J.S uses...

8. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
memorandum opinion
contra
de novo
correct citation of Statutes at Large

9. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.
substantive law
decision
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

10. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
star paging
opinion

11. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of and A.L.R. citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment

12. Seven
slip opinion
contra
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.

13. 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
advance sheets
correct Federal Register citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
the signal infra

14. Infra

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15. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
An annotation is
session laws
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Shepard's Citations

16. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
common law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
cf.

17. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
components of United States Code citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
annotations
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

18. S.Ct.
caption
F.R.D. contains...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
session laws

19. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
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.
legal dictionaries
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

20. Encyclopedia
components of a Federal Register citation
American Jurisprudence is a...
incorrect United States Code citation
codified

21. As session laws
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.
rationale
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
parallel citation

22. Federal Cases
star paging
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
correct standard case citation

23. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
incorrect citation of a law review article
TARP method
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

24. Primary authority
codified
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
U.S. Reports contains

25. What federal session laws are published in
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
en banc
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

26. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
digests typically
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
court decision

27. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
legal dictionaries
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
on the record

28. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
United States Reports
TARP method
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

29. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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30. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
dicta
majority opinion
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)

31. United States Reports
The record of a court case includes
cf.
correct standard case citation
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

32. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
Federal Rules of Evidence
correct Federal Register citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
the signal infra

33. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
Executive orders are...
incorrect case citation
caption
C.J.S uses...

34. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
U.S. Law Week
codified
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

35. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.
indexes typically
court opinion
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
concurring opinion

36. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
en banc
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
United States District Courts case reporters
U.S. Law Week

37. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.
National Reporter System
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
unofficial publication of law

38. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
holding
components of a Federal Register citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

39. What federal session laws are codified and published in
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
components of United States Code citation
United States Code (U.S.C.)
contra

40. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
components of a standard case citation
opinion
slip law
indexes typically

41. Shepard's Citators
decision
court decision
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

42. State and federal
An annotation is
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...

43. 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.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
headnote or syllabus
components of Statutes at Large citation

44. 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)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
session laws
_____________ is an official publication
unofficial publication of law

45. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
restatements of law
statutory law
C.J.S uses...

46. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
digests typically
procedural law
see generally
to update the status of a particular statute

47. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
incorrect United States Code citation
advance sheets
substantive law
most correct definition of star paging

48. Selected decisions
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

49. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
to update the status of a particular statute
headnote or syllabus
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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.

50. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
American Law Reports
U.S. Law Week
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)