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1. Published by West
Executive orders are...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
sequence of citations

2. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
These represent secondary authority
decision
common law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

3. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
star paging
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
treatise

4. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
Supreme Court Reporter
correct Federal Register citation
These represent secondary authority
F.R.D. contains...

5. Reported selectively
de novo on record
An annotation is
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
TARP method

6. What federal session laws are published in
United States District Courts case reporters
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
statutory law

7. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Law Week
substantive law
bill
incorrect case citation

8. 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
components of United States Code citation
cf.
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.
correct citation of a Constitutional article

9. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
An unofficial publication is any publication
An annotation is

10. Statutory law
substantive law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
key number system
Federal rules and procedures are...

11. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
West Publishing Company (West)
legal dictionaries

12. An index
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

13. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
slip law
components of and A.L.R. citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

14. 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
Federal session laws may be found in...
per curiam opinion
stare decisis
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.

15. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
Supreme Court Reporter
annotations
incorrect United States Code citation
correct standard case citation

16. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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17. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
concurring opinion
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Supreme Court Reporter

18. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
procedural law
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
opinion
These represent secondary authority

19. Statutes at Large
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
treatise
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

20. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
bill

21. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
U.S. Reports contains
correct Federal Register citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

22. Compiled chronologically
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
Statutes at Large is
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...

23. Decennial Digest
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
bill
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.

24. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
advance sheets
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
correct law review citation

25. 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.
incorrect case citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
The record of a court case includes

26. Infra

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27. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole
unofficial publication of law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
de novo on record
legal encyclopedias

28. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
incorrect United States Code citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

29. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
elements of a reported case
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)

30. Presidential proclamations
Federal session laws may be found in...
constitutional law
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
U.S. Reports contains

31. United States Reports
caption
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
components of a standard case citation

32. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
correct A.L.R. citation
U.S. Reports contains
United States District Courts case reporters
separation of powers

33. At the close of each legislative term
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Statutes are published as session laws...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.

34. What federal session laws are codified and published in
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
components of law review citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Code (U.S.C.)

35. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
common law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

36. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
components of and A.L.R. citation
secondary authority
legal encyclopedias
contra

37. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
C.J.S uses...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment

38. 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
most correct definition of star paging
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
de novo
annotations

39. Primary authority
advance sheets
restatements of law
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Statutes at Large is

40. 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
majority opinion
star paging
memorandum opinion

41. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
session laws
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
concurring opinion
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

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

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43. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
decision
dissenting opinion
treatise
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

44. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
TARP method
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...

45. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'
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.
on the record
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.
An unofficial publication is any publication

46. Typical case reporter
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Federal session laws may be found in...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
date of decision

47. Compiled by topic
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
United States Code is

48. Digests
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.

49. Encyclopedia
American Jurisprudence is a...
dissenting opinion
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
constitutional law

50. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
cf.
F.R.D. contains...
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...