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1. What federal session laws are published in
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
date of decision
2. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
caption
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
3. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
treatise
slip opinion
These represent secondary authority
Federal Rules of Evidence
4. Products of West Legal Studies
Federal rules and procedures are...
court opinion
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
precedent
5. 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
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
components of law review citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
correct standard case citation
6. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
indexes typically
elements of a reported case
key number system
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
7. Result or disposition of the case
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
decision
advance sheets
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
8. Summarize statute topics
correct citation of United States Code
United States Reports is cited as
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
9. F.Supp
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
correct standard case citation
10. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
rationale
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
correct A.L.R. citation
F.R.D. contains...
11. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
Statutes are published as session laws...
12. 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
components of law review citation
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
decision
13. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
United States Code is
An unofficial publication is any publication
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
stare decisis
14. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
star paging
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Executive orders are...
correct law review citation
15. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
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.
primary authority
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
West Publishing Company (West)
16. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
correct standard case citation
opinion
restatements of law
17. 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
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
the signal infra
18. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
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.
codified
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
U.S. Law Week
19. 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
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
precedent
United States Code (U.S.C.)
statement of facts
20. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
annotations
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
American Jurisprudence is a...
21. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
digests typically
components of Statutes at Large citation
22. Summarized statute topics
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
indexes typically
treatise
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
23. Reported selectively
to update the status of a particular statute
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
de novo
correct standard case citation
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
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
American Law Reports
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
cf.
25. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi
to update the status of a particular case
C.J.S uses...
correct law review citation
components of a standard case citation
26. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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27. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Shepard's Citations
parallel citation
to update the status of a particular case
28. Precedent
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
legal dictionaries
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
bill
29. Shepard's Citations is used
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
to update the status of a particular case
sequence of citations
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
30. Supra
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31. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
treatise
per curiam opinion
see generally
32. The date upon which the decision was rendered
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
date of decision
bill
legal dictionaries
33. As session laws
dissenting opinion
cf.
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
34. 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
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
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
sequence of citations
35. Legal encyclopedia published by West
correct citation of United States Code
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
statement of facts
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
36. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
dicta
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
incorrect United States Code citation
37. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
most correct definition of star paging
_____________ is an official publication
legal dictionaries
38. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
United States Reports
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
components of and A.L.R. citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
39. A proposed legislative measure
correct legal encyclopedia citation
common law
bill
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
40. Statutory law
on the record
components of law review citation
substantive law
Executive orders are...
41. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Statutes are published as session laws...
42. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
legal dictionaries
American Jurisprudence is a...
These represent secondary authority
43. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
rationale
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
44. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
caption
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
legal encyclopedias
45. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
components of United States Code citation
holding
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
correct A.L.R. citation
46. 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
An unofficial publication is any publication
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
U.S. Law Week
majority opinion
47. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
session laws
correct citation of a Constitutional article
correct citation of United States Code
48. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
elements of a reported case
Supreme Court Reporter
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
procedural law
49. Federal Rules Decisions
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
incorrect case citation
50. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
star paging
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
F.R.D. contains...