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1. F.Supp
U.S. Reports contains
restatements of law
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained

2. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
slip law
unofficial publication of law
common law

3. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
legal encyclopedias
rationale
incorrect United States Code citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

4. American Digest System
most correct definition of star paging
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct A.L.R. citation

5. As session laws
court decision
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

6. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
Federal session laws may be found in...
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code is
star paging

7. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
constitutional law
incorrect citation of a law review article
to update the status of a particular statute
An unofficial publication is any publication

8. Restatement (of law)
West Publishing Company (West)
majority opinion
dicta
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

9. Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Federal rules and procedures are...
rationale

10. Compiled by topic
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Code is
caption
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.

11. Summarize judicial opinions
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
digests typically

12. Precedent
correct law review citation
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
court opinion
The record of a court case includes

13. Decennial Digest
restatements of law
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
advance sheets
to update the status of a particular case

14. 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 Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
precedent
the signal infra

15. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
concurring opinion
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
components of a Federal Register citation
see generally

16. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
U.S. Reports contains
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
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.
correct legal encyclopedia citation

17. 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
dissenting opinion
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Supreme Court Reporter
incorrect legal dictionary citation

18. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
sequence of citations
correct A.L.R. citation
advance sheets

19. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
Shepard's Citations
concurring opinion
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
separation of powers

20. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
to update the status of a particular case
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

21. 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
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.
to update the status of a particular case
cf.
correct A.L.R. citation

22. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against
annotations
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
de novo
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

23. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
secondary authority
correct law review citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

24. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
court decision
procedural law
date of decision

25. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
on the record
majority opinion
Shepard's Citations

26. Legal encyclopedia published by West
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

27. A syllabus of the court
U.S. Reports contains
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
official publication of law
components of a standard case citation

28. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
most correct definition of star paging
slip law

29. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
decision
slip opinion
primary authority

30. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
session laws
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

31. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
cf.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
court decision
correct citation of United States Code
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
United States Reports

33. Statutes at Large
precedent
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
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

34. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
separation of powers
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
elements of a reported case
official publication of law

35. Summarized statute topics
legal dictionaries
Shepard's Citations
indexes typically
An unofficial publication is any publication

36. 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
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
stare decisis
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

37. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
statutory law
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
contra

38. Published by Lawyers Co-op
advance sheets
treatise
key number system
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)

39. 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
primary authority
statutory law
headnote or syllabus
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation

40. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
United States Code is
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...

41. Explanation of the subject
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

42. Result or disposition of the case
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct citation of United States Code
decision
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

43. 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
treatise
majority opinion
constitutional law
substantive law

44. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
F.R.D. contains...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
components of a Federal Register citation
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)

45. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
slip opinion
digests typically
These represent secondary authority
memorandum opinion

46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
restatements of law

47. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
bill
correct standard case citation
caption
components of law review citation

48. Statutory law
incorrect legal dictionary citation
United States Reports
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Executive orders are...

49. An index
decision
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)

50. Encyclopedia
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.
American Jurisprudence is a...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
substantive law