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1. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
procedural law
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.
2. 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
primary authority
components of and A.L.R. citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
3. Precedent
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
unofficial publication of law
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
majority opinion
4. 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.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
advance sheets
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
substantive law
5. United States Reports
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
incorrect United States Code citation
caption
_____________ is an official publication
6. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case
on the record
American Law Reports
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
7. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
see generally
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
treatise
8. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
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.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
contra
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
9. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
date of decision
unofficial publication of law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
10. Infra
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11. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
correct A.L.R. citation
star paging
slip law
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.
12. What federal session laws are codified and published in
key number system
see - e.g.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
United States Code (U.S.C.)
13. Secondary authority
annotations
components of a standard case citation
F.R.D. contains...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
14. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
These represent secondary authority
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
constitutional law
15. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
court decision
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
16. The West key number system
dissenting opinion
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
West Publishing Company (West)
C.J.S uses...
17. Statutory law
TARP method
United States District Courts case reporters
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.
Executive orders are...
18. Encyclopedia
United States Code is
Statutes at Large is
The record of a court case includes
American Jurisprudence is a...
19. Decennial Digest
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
codified
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
20. Statutes at Large
to update the status of a particular case
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Federal session laws may be found in...
A.L.R. is filled with...
21. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
dissenting opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
22. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
advance sheets
components of law review citation
statutory law
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
23. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
TARP method
contra
United States District Courts case reporters
Federal session laws may be found in...
24. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
25. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case
stare decisis
common law
correct Federal Register citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
26. 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
cf.
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
decision
27. At the close of each legislative term
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Statutes are published as session laws...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
session laws
court decision
digests typically
U.S. Law Week
29. The date upon which the decision was rendered
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
date of decision
advance sheets
30. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
correct law review citation
components of United States Code citation
Executive orders are...
separation of powers
31. Presidential proclamations
unofficial publication of law
court opinion
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
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.
32. 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'
on the record
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
court decision
session laws
33. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
concurring opinion
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
court decision
components of a Federal Register citation
34. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
holding
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
per curiam opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...
35. Supra
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36. 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
rationale
precedent
U.S. Reports contains
United States Code is
37. Federal Rules Decisions
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
West Publishing Company (West)
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
38. 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
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Federal Rules of Evidence
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
39. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
slip law
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.
memorandum opinion
40. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
primary authority
U.S. Law Week
digests typically
parallel citation
41. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
slip law
precedent
statement of facts
court decision
42. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
decision
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
43. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
substantive law
holding
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
correct standard case citation
44. Result or disposition of the case
dicta
legal encyclopedias
components of a standard case citation
decision
45. Restatement (of law)
A.L.R. is filled with...
constitutional law
components of and A.L.R. citation
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
46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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47. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
majority opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
48. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
memorandum opinion
Executive orders are...
49. Summarize judicial opinions
National Reporter System
official publication of law
digests typically
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
50. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
treatise
West Publishing Company (West)
TARP method
Statutes at Large is