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1. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
slip opinion
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
American Jurisprudence is a...
2. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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3. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
codified
4. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
rationale
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
5. Selected decisions
the signal infra
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
contra
6. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
components of Statutes at Large citation
precedent
the signal infra
7. Decennial Digest
correct law review citation
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
F.R.D. contains...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
8. 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.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
An annotation is
C.J.S uses...
de novo
9. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Federal rules and procedures are...
dissenting opinion
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
10. 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
components of United States Code citation
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
components of a standard case citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
most correct definition of star paging
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
12. Compiled by topic
common law
United States Code is
Federal Rules of Evidence
dissenting opinion
13. Digest topic
dicta
Federal Rules of Evidence
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Code is
14. S.Ct.
Federal rules and procedures are...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
15. An index
de novo
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
16. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
procedural law
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
elements of a reported case
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
17. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
elements of a reported case
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
secondary authority
18. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
secondary authority
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
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.
19. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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20. At the close of each legislative term
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
Statutes are published as session laws...
21. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
legal encyclopedias
correct legal encyclopedia citation
dicta
annotations
22. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
star paging
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
slip opinion
U.S. Law Week
23. Secondary authority
procedural law
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
majority opinion
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
24. Statutory law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
to update the status of a particular case
Executive orders are...
star paging
25. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
incorrect case citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
correct citation of Statutes at Large
The record of a court case includes
26. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
star paging
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
27. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
United States District Courts case reporters
slip opinion
correct citation of United States Code
Federal session laws may be found in...
28. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
Federal session laws may be found in...
holding
treatise
to update the status of a particular statute
29. 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
statement of facts
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
annotations
common law
30. Reported selectively
components of Statutes at Large citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
31. Name of the appellant
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
U.S. Reports contains
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.
32. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
statutory law
United States Reports is cited as
slip law
33. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Shepard's Citations
components of a Federal Register citation
precedent
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
34. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
common law
cf.
correct Federal Register citation
35. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
secondary authority
session laws
de novo
correct citation of Statutes at Large
36. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
session laws
Shepard's Citations
official publication of law
statement of facts
37. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
dissenting opinion
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.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
components of United States Code citation
38. State and federal
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
National Reporter System
correct citation of United States Code
slip law
39. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
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.
court decision
per curiam opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation
40. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
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.
en banc
National Reporter System
codified
41. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
42. United States Reports
slip opinion
_____________ is an official publication
contra
An annotation is
43. Restatement (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.
Federal session laws may be found in...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
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
44. 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
cf.
components of United States Code citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Federal Rules of Evidence
45. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
United States Reports is cited as
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
per curiam opinion
digests typically
46. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
incorrect citation of a law review article
concurring opinion
restatements of law
correct standard case citation
47. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
TARP method
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
48. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
opinion
correct citation of Statutes at Large
correct A.L.R. citation
star paging
49. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
correct A.L.R. citation
court opinion
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
bill
50. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal session laws may be found in...
key number system
codified