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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Restatement (of law)
caption
U.S. Law Week
C.J.S uses...
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
2. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
F.R.D. contains...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
correct standard case citation
3. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
secondary authority
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
see generally
An annotation is
4. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Statutes at Large is
components of law review citation
An unofficial publication is any publication
5. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
unofficial publication of law
majority opinion
incorrect citation of a law review article
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
6. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
correct A.L.R. citation
correct citation of Statutes at Large
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
7. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
U.S. Reports contains
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
United States District Courts case reporters
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
8. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
correct legal encyclopedia citation
per curiam opinion
date of decision
de novo
9. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
United States District Courts case reporters
correct A.L.R. citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
10. U.S.
common law
secondary authority
United States Reports is cited as
cf.
11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
correct law review citation
opinion
Federal Rules of Evidence
12. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
13. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
F.R.D. contains...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Federal rules and procedures are...
Shepard's Citations
14. Decennial Digest
Federal session laws may be found in...
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
The record of a court case includes
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
15. Seven
American Jurisprudence is a...
official publication of law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
incorrect case citation
16. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
annotations
17. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
statement of facts
court decision
correct law review citation
18. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
memorandum opinion
official publication of law
19. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
United States District Courts case reporters
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
annotations
F.R.D. contains...
20. Infra
21. Supra
22. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
official publication of law
components of a Federal Register citation
23. 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
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
cf.
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
24. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
common law
slip opinion
25. Explanation of the subject
official publication of law
date of decision
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
26. 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
star paging
dissenting opinion
United States Code is
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
27. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Statutes are published as session laws...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
correct Federal Register citation
correct standard case citation
28. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
opinion
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
TARP method
29. Primary authority
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
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
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
correct standard case citation
30. 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'
Federal Rules of Evidence
opinion
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
on the record
31. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
sequence of citations
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
correct Federal Register citation
session laws
32. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
correct Federal Register citation
incorrect United States Code citation
decision
United States Code is
33. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
secondary authority
concurring opinion
34. Summarize judicial opinions
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Federal session laws may be found in...
digests typically
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
35. 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
restatements of law
substantive law
dicta
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
36. 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
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Federal Rules of Evidence
primary authority
37. Digests
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
38. 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
separation of powers
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
incorrect citation of a law review article
39. Federal Rules Decisions
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
legal encyclopedias
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
40. Encyclopedia
American Jurisprudence is a...
West Publishing Company (West)
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
legal dictionaries
41. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
opinion
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
42. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
incorrect case citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Supreme Court Reporter
memorandum opinion
43. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Statutes are published as session laws...
court opinion
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
44. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
45. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
session laws
digests typically
46. Presidential proclamations
rationale
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
concurring opinion
substantive law
47. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
common law
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
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.
48. Digest topic
incorrect case citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
substantive law
components of a standard case citation
49. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Statutes at Large is
United States Reports
separation of powers
50. Precedent
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
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.