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1. 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
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
annotations
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
2. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
3. Compiled chronologically
stare decisis
Federal Rules of Evidence
Statutes at Large is
correct law review citation
4. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
correct Federal Register citation
date of decision
opinion
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
5. Products of West Legal Studies
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
headnote or syllabus
legal encyclopedias
stare decisis
6. Statutes at Large
holding
incorrect case citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
7. An index
substantive law
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct A.L.R. citation
8. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
the signal infra
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
dicta
9. 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
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Statutes at Large is
correct citation of Statutes at Large
10. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
United States Code (U.S.C.)
incorrect United States Code citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
dissenting opinion
11. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
de novo
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
12. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
West Publishing Company (West)
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
bill
13. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
An annotation is
These represent secondary authority
correct standard case citation
dicta
14. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
precedent
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
see generally
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
15. 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
substantive law
legal dictionaries
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
precedent
16. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
The record of a court case includes
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
_____________ is an official publication
17. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
codified
unofficial publication of law
official publication of law
dissenting opinion
18. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
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.
components of a Federal Register citation
de novo
legal dictionaries
19. Selected decisions
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
holding
star paging
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
20. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct standard case citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
separation of powers
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
21. Infra
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22. U.S.
sequence of citations
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
_____________ is an official publication
United States Reports is cited as
23. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
A.L.R. is filled with...
codified
24. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
An unofficial publication is any publication
court opinion
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
precedent
25. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
TARP method
de novo
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
26. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
caption
advance sheets
C.J.S uses...
decision
28. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
opinion
procedural law
secondary authority
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
29. 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
to update the status of a particular case
American Jurisprudence is a...
the signal infra
Shepard's Citations
30. 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
dissenting opinion
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Reports
statutory law
31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
parallel citation
U.S. Law Week
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
These represent secondary authority
32. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
annotations
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
de novo
33. Secondary authority
per curiam opinion
concurring opinion
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
to update the status of a particular case
34. 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
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
cf.
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
indexes typically
35. A proposed legislative measure
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
bill
parallel citation
36. What federal session laws are codified and published in
components of law review citation
F.R.D. contains...
United States Code (U.S.C.)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
37. Presidential proclamations
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
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.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
38. Compiled by topic
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Code is
caption
39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
advance sheets
statement of facts
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
40. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
primary authority
secondary authority
41. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
American Law Reports
components of a Federal Register citation
parallel citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
42. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
treatise
A.L.R. is filled with...
see - e.g.
43. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
These represent secondary authority
44. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
key number system
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
45. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
Executive orders are...
en banc
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
majority opinion
46. 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
separation of powers
court decision
Federal Rules of Evidence
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
47. 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
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
separation of powers
components of and A.L.R. citation
legal encyclopedias
48. 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'
key number system
on the record
United States Reports
annotations
49. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
de novo
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
opinion
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
50. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
indexes typically
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Reports is cited as
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)