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1. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
digests typically
to update the status of a particular statute
Statutes at Large is
primary authority
2. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
key number system
treatise
slip opinion
3. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
Statutes are published as session laws...
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct A.L.R. citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
4. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
key number system
session laws
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
opinion
5. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
C.J.S uses...
sequence of citations
memorandum opinion
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
6. Summarized statute topics
correct citation of United States Code
slip law
to update the status of a particular statute
indexes typically
7. Digest topic
codified
treatise
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
8. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
TARP method
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
de novo on record
see - e.g.
9. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
restatements of law
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
10. 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)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
unofficial publication of law
An unofficial publication is any publication
to update the status of a particular statute
11. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
unofficial publication of law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
incorrect case citation
12. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
An annotation is
Executive orders are...
primary authority
court opinion
13. The West key number system
United States Code is
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.
C.J.S uses...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
14. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
unofficial publication of law
on the record
slip law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
15. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
correct citation of a Constitutional article
16. 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
West Publishing Company (West)
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
precedent
legal encyclopedias
17. At the close of each legislative term
correct citation of Statutes at Large
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Reports
Statutes are published as session laws...
18. Presidential proclamations
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Executive orders are...
19. Primary authority
components of law review citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
U.S. Reports contains
advance sheets
20. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
substantive law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
holding
21. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
concurring opinion
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
statement of facts
National Reporter System
22. Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in...
constitutional law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
de novo on record
23. The Federal Reporter
Statutes at Large is
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
24. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
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.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
25. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
caption
substantive law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
components of and A.L.R. citation
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.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
An annotation is
dicta
27. Official publication
en banc
Federal session laws may be found in...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
28. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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29. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
de novo
concurring opinion
correct citation of a Constitutional article
30. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
court decision
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
31. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
U.S. Law Week
star paging
restatements of law
32. 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.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
substantive law
Federal rules and procedures are...
33. 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
holding
annotations
correct citation of a Constitutional article
correct Federal Register citation
34. Supra
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35. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
incorrect citation of a law review article
Statutes at Large is
stare decisis
concurring opinion
36. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
U.S. Law Week
opinion
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
37. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7
An annotation is
sequence of citations
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
National Reporter System
38. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
TARP method
en banc
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
key number system
39. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
common law
memorandum opinion
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
40. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
TARP method
41. American Digest System
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
incorrect legal dictionary citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
42. 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
incorrect legal dictionary citation
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
the signal infra
slip opinion
43. 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
holding
dicta
the signal infra
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
44. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
45. Digests
components of United States Code citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
46. Explanation of the subject
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
concurring opinion
47. Shepard's Citations is used
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
legal encyclopedias
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
to update the status of a particular case
48. Shepard's Citators
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.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
procedural law
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
49. An index
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
components of Statutes at Large citation
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
50. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
incorrect legal dictionary citation
U.S. Law Week
procedural law