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1. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
correct A.L.R. citation
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
see generally
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
2. 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.
decision
cf.
de novo
TARP method
3. The date upon which the decision was rendered
date of decision
caption
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
precedent
4. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
elements of a reported case
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
5. Official publication
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
6. Federal Cases
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
decision
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
legal encyclopedias
7. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
incorrect citation of a law review article
incorrect legal dictionary citation
to update the status of a particular case
8. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
U.S. Law Week
opinion
correct citation of a Constitutional article
9. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Supreme Court Reporter
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Federal Rules of Evidence
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
10. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
cf.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
sequence of citations
11. American Digest System
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Federal session laws may be found in...
correct citation of Statutes at Large
12. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
correct Federal Register citation
see generally
National Reporter System
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
13. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
secondary authority
advance sheets
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
14. The West key number system
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
C.J.S uses...
de novo on record
incorrect case citation
15. United States Reports
_____________ is an official publication
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
official publication of law
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
16. Summarized statute topics
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
indexes typically
Statutes are published as session laws...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
17. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
sequence of citations
18. 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.
TARP method
concurring opinion
constitutional law
key number system
19. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
Statutes at Large is
Supreme Court Reporter
statement of facts
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
20. 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
incorrect case citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
components of a standard case citation
American Jurisprudence is a...
21. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
___________ 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...
American Jurisprudence is a...
22. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct A.L.R. citation
correct Federal Register citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
23. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
components of Statutes at Large citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
contra
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
24. Supra
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25. 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
Statutes at Large is
dissenting opinion
most correct definition of star paging
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
26. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
Executive orders are...
session laws
codified
indexes typically
27. 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
legal encyclopedias
restatements of law
Federal Rules of Evidence
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
28. Compiled by topic
annotations
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
see generally
United States Code is
29. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
concurring opinion
correct standard case citation
digests typically
components of a standard case citation
30. F.Supp
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
United States Code is
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
31. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
holding
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
parallel citation
components of a Federal Register citation
32. 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
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
correct citation of a Constitutional article
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
components of and A.L.R. citation
33. Presidential proclamations
to update the status of a particular statute
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Statutes are published as session laws...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
34. Name of the appellant
United States Reports is cited as
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.
de novo on record
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
35. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
holding
U.S. Reports contains
National Reporter System
to update the status of a particular statute
36. 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)
the signal infra
unofficial publication of law
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
legal dictionaries
37. Products of West Legal Studies
headnote or syllabus
court decision
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
38. Infra
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39. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
secondary authority
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
40. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole
headnote or syllabus
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
de novo on record
These represent secondary authority
41. 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.
key number system
substantive law
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
cf.
42. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence is a...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
digests typically
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
43. An index
An annotation is
concurring opinion
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
44. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
The record of a court case includes
headnote or syllabus
correct citation of United States Code
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
45. U.S.
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
United States Reports is cited as
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.
majority opinion
46. Published by West
substantive law
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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
treatise
47. Typical case reporter
components of a standard case citation
These represent secondary authority
parallel citation
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
48. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
incorrect United States Code citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
see generally
49. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
dissenting opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation
50. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
treatise
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...