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1. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

2. Summarize judicial opinions
digests typically
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
constitutional law
most correct definition of star paging

3. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
on the record
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
advance sheets
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...

4. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
see - e.g.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
bill

5. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
correct law review citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...

6. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
correct Federal Register citation
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

7. Decennial Digest
components of and A.L.R. citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
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 American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.

8. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
substantive law
session laws
slip law
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

9. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against
U.S. Law Week
secondary authority
Statutes at Large is
annotations

10. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
key number system
statement of facts
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

11. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
treatise
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

12. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
correct citation of Statutes at Large
to update the status of a particular statute

13. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
correct legal encyclopedia citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
key number system
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

14. Explanation of the subject
holding
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
caption

15. Statutory law
components of a standard case citation
United States Code (U.S.C.)
Federal rules and procedures are...
correct citation of a Constitutional article

16. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
statutory law
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
legal encyclopedias

17. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
components of Statutes at Large citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Statutes at Large is
per curiam opinion

18. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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19. 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.
components of Statutes at Large citation
statutory law
memorandum opinion
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

20. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
key number system
TARP method
Shepard's Citations

21. Secondary authority
primary authority
correct citation of a Constitutional article
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

22. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
correct A.L.R. citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
U.S. Law Week

23. 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
Federal Rules of Evidence
holding
correct Federal Register citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

24. 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
advance sheets
per curiam opinion
American Law Reports
United States Code is

25. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
annotations
parallel citation
correct Federal Register citation
majority opinion

26. 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
components of law review citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
annotations
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)

27. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
en banc
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
incorrect legal dictionary citation

28. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
procedural law
to update the status of a particular statute
slip law
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

29. United States Reports
memorandum opinion
incorrect legal dictionary citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
_____________ is an official publication

30. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
cf.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

31. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
F.R.D. contains...
bill

32. Restatement (of law)
incorrect citation of a law review article
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.
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
United States Code is

33. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
elements of a reported case
session laws
secondary authority

34. 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
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of United States Code citation
official publication of law

35. 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
caption
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
components of a standard case citation
the signal infra

36. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
holding
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Reports

37. An explanatory note
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
separation of powers
Supreme Court Reporter
An annotation is

38. 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.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
American Jurisprudence is a...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
concurring opinion

39. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
caption
Federal Rules of Evidence
unofficial publication of law

40. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
procedural law
dicta

41. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
secondary authority

42. What federal session laws are published in
bill
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Shepard's Citations
constitutional law

43. Shepard's Citators
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)

44. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
decision
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
legal dictionaries
sequence of citations

45. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Federal Rules of Evidence
annotations

46. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
An unofficial publication is any publication
advance sheets

47. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
_____________ is an official publication

48. 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
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
majority opinion
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Executive orders are...

49. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
de novo on record
Federal rules and procedures are...
American Jurisprudence is a...

50. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
legal encyclopedias
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
correct law review citation