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1. Digests
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)

2. Secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct citation of Statutes at Large

3. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
Shepard's Citations
to update the status of a particular case
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation

4. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
opinion
incorrect citation of a law review article
components of Statutes at Large citation

5. Federal Cases
correct Federal Register citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
slip opinion
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

6. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
key number system
advance sheets
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

7. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Federal rules and procedures are...
see - e.g.
concurring opinion
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)

8. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
caption
substantive law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.

9. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Federal Rules of Evidence
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.

10. Reported selectively
Federal session laws may be found in...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
U.S. Law Week

11. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
West Publishing Company (West)
the signal infra
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

12. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
Federal session laws may be found in...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
correct legal encyclopedia citation

13. Summarize judicial opinions
digests typically
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

14. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
Federal session laws may be found in...
primary authority
An unofficial publication is any publication
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.

15. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
The record of a court case includes
common law
most correct definition of star paging
United States District Courts case reporters

16. The date upon which the decision was rendered
correct legal encyclopedia citation
date of decision
components of a standard case citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

17. A proposed legislative measure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
bill
court decision
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation

18. Statutory law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
stare decisis
Federal rules and procedures are...

19. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
key number system
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

20. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
treatise
annotations
to update the status of a particular case

21. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
correct Federal Register citation
majority opinion
U.S. Law Week
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

22. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
West Publishing Company (West)
most correct definition of star paging
session laws
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.

23. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

24. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
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.
date of decision
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

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

26. 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.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
session laws
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.

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

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28. Statutory law
incorrect citation of a law review article
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
session laws
Executive orders are...

29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
codified
unofficial publication of law
correct A.L.R. citation
key number system

30. U.S.
dissenting opinion
United States Reports is cited as
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

31. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
TARP method
primary authority

32. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
court decision
legal encyclopedias
on the record

33. 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 National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
precedent
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

34. S.Ct.
dissenting opinion
holding
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
C.J.S uses...

35. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
to update the status of a particular case
United States Code is
cf.

36. Decennial Digest
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
de novo on record
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
star paging

37. Encyclopedia
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
on the record
C.J.S uses...
American Jurisprudence is a...

38. Official publication
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
An unofficial publication is any publication
Executive orders are...

39. Case law
U.S. Law Week
date of decision
procedural law
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...

40. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
court 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.
parallel citation
An unofficial publication is any publication

41. F.Supp
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
bill
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)

42. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
correct citation of United States Code
dissenting opinion
correct citation of Statutes at Large

43. Infra

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44. 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.
National Reporter System
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
precedent

45. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
dicta
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
star paging

46. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
decision
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
most correct definition of star paging
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

47. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
separation of powers
Supreme Court Reporter
Federal rules and procedures are...
concurring opinion

48. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
TARP method
U.S. Reports contains
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

49. 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 Courts of Appeals case reporters
components of and A.L.R. citation
components of United States Code citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the

50. 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.
dicta
Federal Rules of Evidence
primary authority
components of Statutes at Large citation