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1. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
key number system
concurring opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation

2. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
session laws
C.J.S uses...
precedent
The record of a court case includes

3. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
C.J.S uses...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
dissenting opinion
_____________ is an official publication

4. Digests
on the record
key number system
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
annotations

5. Reported selectively
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
concurring opinion
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

6. 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.
cf.
de novo
legal encyclopedias
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)

7. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
court decision
codified
indexes typically

8. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
elements of a reported case
United States District Courts case reporters
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

9. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
An unofficial publication is any publication
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation

10. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
United States Reports
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.

11. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
see - e.g.
correct citation of United States Code
procedural law

12. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
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
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
correct standard case citation
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

13. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
common law
unofficial publication of law
F.R.D. contains...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)

14. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
see generally

15. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
session laws
separation of powers
sequence of citations
dicta

16. 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
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
restatements of law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...

17. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
incorrect citation of a law review article
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
statutory law

18. Published by West
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
memorandum opinion

19. Supra

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20. The West key number system
star paging
C.J.S uses...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
components of law review citation

21. A syllabus of the court
substantive law
U.S. Reports contains
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.
official publication of law

22. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
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
correct citation of United States Code
incorrect case citation
unofficial publication of law

23. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
incorrect legal dictionary citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
court opinion

24. Shepard's Citations is used
U.S. Reports contains
to update the status of a particular case
elements of a reported case
dissenting opinion

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

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26. 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.
dicta
incorrect case citation
National Reporter System

27. Compiled chronologically
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Statutes at Large is

28. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
elements of a reported case
correct legal encyclopedia citation
parallel citation
correct standard case citation

29. Summarize judicial opinions
correct legal encyclopedia citation
headnote or syllabus
U.S. Reports contains
digests typically

30. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.
substantive law
correct standard case citation
C.J.S uses...
components of Statutes at Large citation

31. Statutes at Large
American Law Reports
Federal session laws may be found in...
legal dictionaries
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

32. Presidential proclamations
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
U.S. Reports contains
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

33. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
court opinion
en banc
parallel citation
secondary authority

34. Infra

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35. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of United States Code citation
United States Reports
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition

36. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
opinion
U.S. Law Week

37. What federal session laws are codified and published in
indexes typically
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
to update the status of a particular statute
United States Code (U.S.C.)

38. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
rationale
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Code (U.S.C.)

39. Legal encyclopedia published by West
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
TARP method
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

40. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
components of Statutes at Large citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
An annotation is
components of a Federal Register citation

41. Precedent
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
statutory law
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...

42. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
correct law review citation
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
opinion
statutory law

43. 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 principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
to update the status of a particular statute
An annotation is
stare decisis

44. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
bill
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

45. Typical case reporter
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
opinion
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
restatements of law

46. 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
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
decision
per curiam opinion

47. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
date of decision
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
session laws
slip opinion

48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
correct A.L.R. citation
legal encyclopedias
Shepard's Citations

49. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
elements of a reported case
National Reporter System
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Executive orders are...

50. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
caption
correct citation of Statutes at Large
West Publishing Company (West)