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1. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
date of decision
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.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

2. A proposed legislative measure
Shepard's Citations
bill
annotations
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...

3. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
incorrect case citation
TARP method
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

4. Shepard's Citators
primary authority
Federal rules and procedures are...
statement of facts
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...

5. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
secondary authority
the signal infra
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

6. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
session laws
elements of a reported case

7. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
en banc
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
TARP method
codified

8. Reported selectively
the signal infra
court decision
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

9. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
precedent
The record of a court case includes
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

10. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Statutes at Large is
see - e.g.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

11. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
Shepard's Citations
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
star paging

12. Statutes at Large
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation

13. Published by Lawyers Co-op
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
restatements of law
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.

14. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
_____________ is an official publication
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

15. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
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.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
digests typically

16. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
treatise
majority opinion

17. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
statutory law
key number system
the signal infra
indexes typically

18. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
sequence of citations
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...

19. Supra

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20. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
dicta
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
These represent secondary authority
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)

21. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
procedural law
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
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.
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

22. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
primary authority
American Law Reports
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)

23. An index
common law
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
unofficial publication of law
bill

24. 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 (Stat.)
dissenting opinion
American Law Reports
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the

25. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
F.R.D. contains...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
indexes typically
en banc

26. 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 published in the Statutes at Large.
Federal Rules of Evidence
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

27. Precedent
correct citation of United States Code
date of decision
Executive orders are...
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

28. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
slip law
correct standard 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.
Supreme Court Reporter

29. Name of the appellant
primary authority
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
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.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

30. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
U.S. Reports contains
National Reporter System
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

31. Published by West
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
American Jurisprudence is a...
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)

32. 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...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
court decision

33. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Federal Rules of Evidence
memorandum opinion
correct A.L.R. citation

34. 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
correct citation of United States Code
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 a legal encyclopedia citation
stare decisis

35. Compiled chronologically
decision
parallel citation
Statutes at Large is
separation of powers

36. Products of West Legal Studies
digests typically
restatements of law
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
rationale

37. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
Federal session laws may be found in...
indexes typically
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

38. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
legal encyclopedias
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
session laws

39. Typical case reporter
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
star paging
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

40. United States Reports
_____________ is an official publication
incorrect legal dictionary citation
U.S. Reports contains
treatise

41. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
key number system

42. Restatement (of law)
to update the status of a particular statute
sequence of citations
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
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

43. 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
slip opinion
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
bill
restatements of law

44. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
holding
slip law
see generally
United States Code is

45. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
secondary authority
correct law review citation
cf.
opinion

46. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
restatements of law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
United States Code (U.S.C.)
An annotation is

47. 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
U.S. Law Week
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
sequence of citations
components of United States Code citation

48. 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
the signal infra
digests typically
de novo on record

49. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
caption
Supreme Court Reporter

50. Selected decisions
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
American Jurisprudence is a...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.