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1. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
concurring opinion
2. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
codified
United States District Courts case reporters
incorrect citation of a law review article
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.
3. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
4. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
TARP method
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
5. Statutes at Large
slip law
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
stare decisis
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
6. Shepard's Citators
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
correct Federal Register citation
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
7. The West key number system
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
components of a Federal Register citation
The record of a court case includes
C.J.S uses...
8. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
National Reporter System
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.
An unofficial publication is any publication
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
9. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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10. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct A.L.R. citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
primary authority
11. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
see generally
United States Code is
slip law
12. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
treatise
Federal Rules of Evidence
the signal infra
correct law review citation
13. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
memorandum opinion
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
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.
14. 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
majority opinion
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The record of a court case includes
correct citation of United States Code
15. 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
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
correct Federal Register citation
components of and A.L.R. citation
16. United States Reports
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
procedural law
_____________ is an official publication
key number system
17. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
elements of a reported case
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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.
18. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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19. 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
The record of a court case includes
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
American Law Reports
20. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
21. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
22. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
separation of powers
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct standard case citation
West Publishing Company (West)
23. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
correct Federal Register citation
separation of powers
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
24. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition
restatements of law
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
cf.
Statutes are published as session laws...
25. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
court decision
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
session laws
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
26. U.S.
Supreme Court Reporter
secondary authority
United States Reports is cited as
per curiam opinion
27. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
codified
en banc
dicta
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
28. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
incorrect case citation
correct citation of Statutes at Large
concurring opinion
annotations
29. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
U.S. Reports contains
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
F.R.D. contains...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
30. 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.
incorrect United States Code citation
constitutional law
to update the status of a particular case
official publication of law
31. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
precedent
secondary authority
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
32. Supra
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33. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
codified
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.
key number system
34. 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 '_____' 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
on the record
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
35. Selected decisions
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
separation of powers
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
36. Statutory law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
An annotation is
per curiam opinion
Executive orders are...
37. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
de novo on record
the signal infra
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
38. 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
statement of facts
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
precedent
39. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
elements of a reported case
caption
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct A.L.R. citation
40. F.Supp
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
elements of a reported case
incorrect legal dictionary citation
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
41. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
legal encyclopedias
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
incorrect citation of a law review article
42. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
contra
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.
elements of a reported case
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
43. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
elements of a reported case
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Statutes are published as session laws...
44. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
TARP method
the signal infra
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
45. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
slip opinion
United States District Courts case reporters
date of decision
46. What federal session laws are codified and published in
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
United States Code (U.S.C.)
de novo on record
47. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
bill
48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
dissenting opinion
These represent secondary authority
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
49. 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 signal infra
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
United States Code (U.S.C.)
court decision
50. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
court opinion
U.S. Law Week
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