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1. Compiled by topic
The record of a court case includes
United States Code is
court decision
components of a standard case citation
2. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
to update the status of a particular statute
3. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
constitutional law
statement of facts
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
4. S.Ct.
Federal session laws may be found in...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Code (U.S.C.)
5. American Digest System
correct law review citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
stare decisis
bill
6. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
correct citation of Statutes at Large
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
7. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
elements of a reported case
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
8. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
F.R.D. contains...
U.S. Law Week
correct citation of United States Code
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
9. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
codified
indexes typically
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
annotations
10. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
court opinion
see - e.g.
procedural law
An annotation is
11. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
date of decision
elements of a reported case
slip law
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
12. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
court decision
13. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
contra
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Supreme Court Reporter
14. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
components of law review citation
official publication of law
15. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
United States Reports is cited as
National Reporter System
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
16. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
memorandum opinion
concurring opinion
rationale
17. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
caption
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
United States Code is
18. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
TARP method
dicta
correct citation of United States Code
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
19. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
see - e.g.
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
20. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
advance sheets
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
21. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
correct standard case citation
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
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 infra
22. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
Federal Rules of Evidence
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 Courts of Appeals case reporters
substantive law
23. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
correct A.L.R. citation
headnote or syllabus
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
components of United States Code citation
F.R.D. contains...
The record of a court case includes
to update the status of a particular statute
25. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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.
dicta
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
26. Typical case reporter
headnote or syllabus
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
27. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
F.R.D. contains...
sequence of citations
key number system
indexes typically
28. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
U.S. Reports contains
slip opinion
codified
29. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
30. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
American Law Reports
rationale
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
31. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
slip opinion
en banc
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
32. 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
United States Reports is cited as
components of United States Code citation
correct Federal Register citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
33. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
key number system
TARP method
United States Code (U.S.C.)
34. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
C.J.S uses...
legal encyclopedias
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
35. Statutory law
contra
Statutes at Large is
de novo on record
Executive orders are...
36. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
key number system
session laws
secondary authority
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
37. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
to update the status of a particular statute
American Jurisprudence is a...
on the record
38. Published by West
contra
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
39. United States Reports
_____________ is an official publication
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
date of decision
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.
40. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
digests typically
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
41. Statutes at Large
An annotation is
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Federal session laws may be found in...
de novo on record
42. Infra
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43. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
West Publishing Company (West)
incorrect case citation
components of Statutes at Large citation
44. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
contra
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
United States Reports
45. 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)
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
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.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
46. Encyclopedia
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
en banc
American Jurisprudence is a...
47. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
48. Federal Rules Decisions
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
49. As session laws
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
United States District Courts case reporters
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
statutory law
50. 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
sequence of citations
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
procedural law
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