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1. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
F.R.D. contains...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
slip opinion
An annotation is
2. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
most correct definition of star paging
U.S. Law Week
treatise
holding
3. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
substantive law
correct A.L.R. citation
4. 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
F.R.D. contains...
An annotation is
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
5. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
These represent secondary authority
F.R.D. contains...
6. Compiled chronologically
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Statutes at Large is
key number system
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
7. 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
advance sheets
components of United States Code citation
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
components of a standard case citation
8. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
correct A.L.R. citation
memorandum opinion
codified
dicta
9. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
correct law review citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
holding
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
10. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
cf.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
11. Statutory law
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
Executive orders are...
primary authority
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
12. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
United States Reports
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
13. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Shepard's Citations
statement of facts
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
West Publishing Company (West)
14. 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
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
components of a standard case citation
15. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
_____________ is an official publication
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
16. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
secondary authority
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
17. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
C.J.S uses...
statement of facts
18. Shepard's Citations is used
rationale
to update the status of a particular case
unofficial publication of law
secondary authority
19. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
correct law review citation
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
de novo
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
20. A syllabus of the court
correct A.L.R. citation
legal dictionaries
Statutes at Large is
U.S. Reports contains
21. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
Shepard's Citations
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
memorandum opinion
advance sheets
22. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
components of Statutes at Large citation
correct citation of a Constitutional article
legal dictionaries
caption
23. Compiled by topic
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
session laws
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code is
24. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
F.R.D. contains...
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect United States Code citation
25. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
U.S. Law Week
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
per curiam opinion
26. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
National Reporter System
components of Statutes at Large citation
per curiam opinion
An unofficial publication is any publication
27. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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28. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case
stare decisis
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
TARP method
primary authority
29. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Federal Rules of Evidence
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Statutes are published as session laws...
The record of a court case includes
30. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
contra
Federal Rules of Evidence
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
most correct definition of star paging
31. 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
incorrect United States Code citation
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
American Law Reports
Federal session laws may be found in...
32. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
dicta
precedent
session laws
33. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
slip opinion
correct law review citation
court decision
decision
34. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Supreme Court Reporter
correct citation of Statutes at Large
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
35. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
An annotation is
United States District Courts case reporters
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
court opinion
36. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
per curiam opinion
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
37. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.
constitutional law
United States District Courts case reporters
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
38. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
components of a Federal Register citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
majority opinion
39. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
codified
Supreme Court Reporter
precedent
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
40. 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
concurring opinion
opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
41. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
dissenting opinion
key number system
42. 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)
annotations
unofficial publication of law
An annotation is
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
43. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
components of law review citation
codified
legal encyclopedias
most correct definition of star paging
44. Statutory law
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Federal rules and procedures are...
incorrect case citation
45. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
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
Federal Rules of Evidence
46. 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
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
An annotation is
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
47. Encyclopedia
to update the status of a particular case
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
American Jurisprudence is a...
incorrect case citation
48. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
correct citation of United States Code
procedural law
U.S. Reports contains
court opinion
49. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
star paging
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
common law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
50. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.
National Reporter System
elements of a reported case
_____________ is an official publication
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
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