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1. Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in...
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
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
An unofficial publication is any publication
2. 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
the signal infra
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
headnote or syllabus
United States Code is
3. 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
separation of powers
restatements of law
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
4. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
Federal rules and procedures are...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
key number system
5. Presidential proclamations
West Publishing Company (West)
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.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
most correct definition of star paging
6. Compiled by topic
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Code is
7. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found
components of United States Code citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
8. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
F.R.D. contains...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
de novo on record
9. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
annotations
The record of a court case includes
dissenting opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
10. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
An unofficial publication is any publication
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct citation of a Constitutional article
see generally
11. 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
stare decisis
correct standard case citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
components of and A.L.R. citation
12. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
legal encyclopedias
precedent
holding
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
13. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
incorrect United States Code citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
en banc
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
14. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
United States Reports
These represent secondary authority
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
procedural law
15. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
precedent
16. S.Ct.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
U.S. Law Week
17. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
United States Reports
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
sequence of citations
18. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
stare decisis
primary authority
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
19. Supra
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20. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
session laws
U.S. Law Week
incorrect citation of a law review article
stare decisis
21. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
court decision
correct Federal Register citation
holding
22. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Federal Rules of Evidence
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
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.
see generally
23. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
24. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
separation of powers
secondary authority
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
25. What federal session laws are codified and published in
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
26. 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
correct standard case citation
United States District Courts case reporters
on the record
de novo on record
27. 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
components of a standard case citation
court opinion
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.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
28. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
decision
29. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
slip opinion
An unofficial publication is any publication
F.R.D. contains...
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
30. Name of the appellant
Executive orders are...
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.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
31. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
caption
court decision
headnote or syllabus
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
32. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Executive orders are...
33. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
rationale
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
components of a Federal Register citation
An unofficial publication is any publication
34. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
components of a Federal Register citation
restatements of law
United States Reports
35. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
see - e.g.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
court decision
U.S. Law Week
36. Official publication
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Executive orders are...
37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
procedural law
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
38. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
stare decisis
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
on the record
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
39. Typical case reporter
United States Code is
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
U.S. Reports contains
court opinion
40. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
dissenting opinion
correct A.L.R. citation
West Publishing Company (West)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
41. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
de novo on record
incorrect United States Code citation
annotations
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
42. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
session laws
substantive law
43. Summarized statute topics
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
indexes typically
These represent secondary authority
Supreme Court Reporter
44. 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 principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
dissenting opinion
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
45. 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
stare decisis
These represent secondary authority
cf.
rationale
46. 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
An unofficial publication is any publication
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
concurring opinion
majority opinion
47. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
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
correct standard case citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
decision
48. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
Federal Rules of Evidence
caption
statutory law
contra
49. Statutory law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
dissenting opinion
Executive orders are...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
50. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
rationale
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
incorrect case 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.