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1. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
secondary authority
Federal rules and procedures are...
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
2. 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.
stare decisis
National Reporter System
restatements of law
legal encyclopedias
3. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
indexes typically
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
4. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
codified
memorandum opinion
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
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.
United States District Courts case reporters
most correct definition of star paging
United States Code is
6. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
United States District Courts case reporters
holding
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
7. 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
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
dissenting opinion
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
on the record
8. 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'
the signal infra
to update the status of a particular statute
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
on the record
9. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
most correct definition of star paging
slip law
caption
substantive law
10. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
correct citation of United States Code
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
11. Typical case reporter
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
to update the status of a particular statute
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
12. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
decision
West Publishing Company (West)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct standard case citation
13. Summarize judicial opinions
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
constitutional law
star paging
digests typically
14. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
see - e.g.
15. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
memorandum opinion
contra
stare decisis
16. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
incorrect citation of a law review article
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
sequence of citations
17. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
correct legal encyclopedia citation
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
18. The date upon which the decision was rendered
constitutional law
date of decision
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
elements of a reported case
19. Selected decisions
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
These represent secondary authority
dicta
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
20. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
cf.
key number system
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
21. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
United States Reports is cited as
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
treatise
legal dictionaries
22. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
procedural law
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
23. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g
An annotation is
the signal infra
restatements of law
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
24. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
American Jurisprudence is a...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
de novo
slip opinion
25. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of a Federal Register citation
annotations
court decision
26. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Shepard's Citations
en banc
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
27. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
headnote or syllabus
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
28. 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
United States District Courts case reporters
components of a Federal Register citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
components of a standard case citation
29. Decennial Digest
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
star paging
procedural law
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
30. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
stare decisis
U.S. Law Week
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
common law
31. An index
common law
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
32. U.S.
legal dictionaries
United States Reports is cited as
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
33. 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.L.R. is filled with...
statement of facts
to update the status of a particular case
majority opinion
34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
cf.
Supreme Court Reporter
Federal rules and procedures are...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
35. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
separation of powers
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
American Jurisprudence is a...
treatise
36. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
legal dictionaries
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
de novo
37. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Supreme Court Reporter
unofficial publication of law
memorandum opinion
38. Digest topic
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
39. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
legal dictionaries
correct citation of a Constitutional article
sequence of citations
40. 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...
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
correct A.L.R. citation
precedent
41. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
components of law review citation
American Law Reports
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
42. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
dissenting opinion
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.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
43. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
concurring opinion
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
44. Statutory law
Federal rules and procedures are...
National Reporter System
incorrect legal dictionary citation
de novo
45. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
to update the status of a particular case
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
46. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
per curiam opinion
court decision
to update the status of a particular statute
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
47. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Federal rules and procedures are...
primary authority
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.
48. Restatement (of law)
U.S. Law Week
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
en banc
correct law review citation
49. 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
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
correct A.L.R. citation
incorrect case citation
precedent
50. State and federal
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
U.S. Reports contains
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation