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1. Summarize statute topics
Federal Rules of Evidence
West Publishing Company (West)
The record of a court case includes
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
2. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
constitutional law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
C.J.S uses...
3. The West key number system
C.J.S uses...
memorandum opinion
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.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
4. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
Statutes at Large is
Federal rules and procedures are...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
5. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
correct Federal Register citation
majority opinion
slip opinion
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
6. Secondary authority
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Federal rules and procedures are...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Federal session laws may be found in...
7. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
components of a Federal Register citation
United States Reports
advance sheets
8. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
United States Reports is cited as
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
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.
9. American Digest System
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
legal dictionaries
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
to update the status of a particular statute
10. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
Executive orders are...
see generally
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
An unofficial publication is any publication
11. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
slip opinion
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
components of and A.L.R. citation
memorandum opinion
12. S.Ct.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
incorrect United States Code citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
13. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
on the record
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)
14. 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
codified
American Law Reports
rationale
court opinion
15. Statutes at Large
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
incorrect case citation
Executive orders are...
An annotation is
16. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
court decision
correct Federal Register citation
Statutes at Large is
cf.
17. 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
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
opinion
18. 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
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
United States Code is
components of a standard case citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
19. Statutes at Large
official publication of law
the signal infra
C.J.S uses...
Federal session laws may be found in...
20. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
dicta
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct A.L.R. citation
caption
21. Primary authority
American Jurisprudence is a...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
dissenting opinion
22. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
de novo
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of United States Code citation
23. Seven
rationale
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
stare decisis
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
24. Compiled chronologically
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Statutes at Large is
legal dictionaries
25. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
per curiam opinion
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
26. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
indexes typically
separation of powers
27. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
legal encyclopedias
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
digests typically
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
28. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
correct standard case citation
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Statutes are published as session laws...
29. 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
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
30. What federal session laws are published in
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
headnote or syllabus
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
procedural law
31. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
West Publishing Company (West)
session laws
per curiam opinion
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
32. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
procedural law
Federal Rules of Evidence
An annotation is
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
33. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
sequence of citations
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
34. An explanatory note
U.S. Reports contains
An unofficial publication is any publication
An annotation is
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
35. Reported selectively
majority opinion
opinion
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
36. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
Federal rules and procedures are...
primary authority
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
37. Restatement (of law)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
A Decennial Digest is part of 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
holding
38. 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)
primary authority
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
unofficial publication of law
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
39. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
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.
U.S. Reports contains
components of Statutes at Large citation
opinion
40. 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.
Statutes at Large is
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
concurring opinion
elements of a reported case
41. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
memorandum opinion
cf.
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
42. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
Executive orders are...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
The record of a court case includes
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
43. 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
United States Reports is cited as
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
44. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
U.S. Reports contains
holding
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
key number system
45. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
primary authority
46. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
American Law Reports
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.
de novo
47. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Reports is cited as
United States Code is
United States Reports
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
48. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
These represent secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
to update the status of a particular statute
49. 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
to update the status of a particular statute
primary authority
sequence of citations
50. A proposed legislative measure
incorrect citation of a law review article
U.S. Law Week
bill
precedent
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