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1. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Reports is cited as
slip law

2. Result or disposition of the case
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States District Courts case reporters
decision

3. Statutes at Large
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
majority opinion
Federal session laws may be found in...
codified

4. F.Supp
U.S. Reports contains
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
en banc
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained

5. 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
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
components of United States Code citation
en banc
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

6. Name of the appellant
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.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
indexes typically
American Jurisprudence is a...

7. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
procedural law
U.S. Law Week
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
rationale

8. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
majority opinion
de novo on record
Statutes at Large is

9. Secondary authority
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
on the record
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

10. 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.
annotations
most correct definition of star paging
American Jurisprudence is a...
concurring opinion

11. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
statement of facts

12. 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
restatements of law
digests typically
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
cf.

13. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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14. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
components of a standard case citation
digests typically
headnote or syllabus
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.

15. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
indexes typically

16. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
date of decision
United States Reports
dissenting opinion

17. Case law
separation of powers
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
components of law review citation
Federal session laws may be found in...

18. Statutory law
American Jurisprudence is a...
Federal rules and procedures are...
annotations
date of decision

19. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Executive orders are...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
see generally

20. American Digest System
An annotation is
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

21. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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22. 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
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

23. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
unofficial publication of law
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.
slip law
Supreme Court Reporter

24. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
to update the status of a particular statute
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

25. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
annotations
court decision
secondary authority
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)

26. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.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.
court decision
sequence of citations

27. Products of West Legal Studies
West Publishing Company (West)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
to update the status of a particular case

28. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
statement of facts
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
bill

29. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
elements of a reported case
slip law
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.

30. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
slip law
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
correct citation of United States Code

31. Published by Lawyers Co-op
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
cf.
separation of powers
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)

32. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
treatise
C.J.S uses...
American Jurisprudence is a...
components of and A.L.R. citation

33. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
key number system
most correct definition of star paging
majority opinion
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

34. United States Reports
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
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.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

35. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
components of a Federal Register citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
These represent secondary authority

36. 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
per curiam opinion
legal encyclopedias
elements of a reported case
sequence of citations

37. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
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 Supreme Court Bulletin
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)

38. 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.
United States Reports is cited as
An annotation is
correct citation of a Constitutional article
de novo

39. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
star paging
correct Federal Register citation
components of United States Code citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.

40. 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)
unofficial publication of law
components of United States Code citation
American Law Reports
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

41. An explanatory note
holding
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
An annotation is
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

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

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43. What federal session laws are published in
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
secondary authority
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

44. Shepard's Citators
American Jurisprudence is a...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
en banc
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...

45. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
incorrect case citation

46. A proposed legislative measure
cf.
decision
to update the status of a particular case
bill

47. Decennial Digest
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...

48. 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
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
components of a standard case citation
TARP method

49. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
Statutes at Large is
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
de novo on record

50. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the