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1. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
statement of facts
elements of a reported case
legal dictionaries
2. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
correct A.L.R. citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of and A.L.R. citation
3. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
date of decision
statutory law
F.R.D. contains...
4. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
treatise
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
An unofficial publication is any publication
American Law Reports
5. Shepard's Citations is used
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
to update the status of a particular case
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
American Law Reports
6. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Supreme Court Reporter
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
to update the status of a particular statute
7. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
statement of facts
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
8. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
statutory law
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
9. Statutory 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.
Executive orders are...
annotations
concurring opinion
10. Federal Cases
United States Reports
precedent
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
11. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
decision
correct legal encyclopedia citation
majority opinion
headnote or syllabus
12. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
American Law Reports
caption
13. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
stare decisis
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
An unofficial publication is any publication
14. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
incorrect case citation
correct law review citation
U.S. Reports contains
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
15. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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16. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
bill
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States District Courts case reporters
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
17. Restatement (of law)
de novo on record
majority opinion
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 reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
18. United States Reports
decision
on the record
incorrect legal dictionary citation
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
19. Summarize statute topics
An unofficial publication is any publication
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
incorrect United States Code citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
20. Infra
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21. What federal session laws are published in
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
U.S. Law Week
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
22. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
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.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.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.
23. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
TARP method
West Publishing Company (West)
decision
restatements of law
24. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
elements of a reported case
holding
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
25. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
primary authority
These represent secondary authority
26. 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)
unofficial publication of law
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Statutes are published as session laws...
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
27. S.Ct.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
Statutes at Large is
official publication of law
precedent
28. The West key number system
C.J.S uses...
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
29. Compiled chronologically
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes at Large is
see generally
30. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
dicta
statutory law
Federal rules and procedures are...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
31. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
slip opinion
components of law review citation
32. Statutes at Large
to update the status of a particular statute
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Federal session laws may be found in...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
33. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
star paging
Federal Rules of Evidence
components of Statutes at Large citation
34. A proposed legislative measure
legal dictionaries
Supreme Court Reporter
sequence of citations
bill
35. 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.
unofficial publication of law
components of United States Code citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
concurring opinion
36. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
correct law review citation
United States District Courts case reporters
en banc
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
37. 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
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
American Law Reports
38. American Digest System
United States Code is
United States Reports is cited as
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
39. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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40. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
United States District Courts case reporters
F.R.D. contains...
components of law review citation
41. State and federal
TARP method
digests typically
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
42. 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
United States Code (U.S.C.)
sequence of citations
the signal infra
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
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
restatements of law
majority opinion
secondary authority
incorrect United States Code citation
44. 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
treatise
components of Statutes at Large citation
A.L.R. is filled with...
45. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
correct citation of United States Code
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
National Reporter System
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
47. Presidential proclamations
secondary authority
precedent
correct law review citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
48. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
on the record
secondary authority
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
star paging
49. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7
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.
sequence of citations
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
correct standard case citation
50. Decennial Digest
United States Reports
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
bill
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.