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1. Summarized statute topics
precedent
indexes typically
headnote or syllabus
common law
2. Case law
An annotation is
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Statutes at Large is
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
3. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
correct standard case citation
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
4. A proposed legislative measure
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
sequence of citations
substantive law
bill
5. Primary authority
see generally
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
secondary authority
6. 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
Supreme Court Reporter
opinion
sequence of citations
An annotation is
7. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
correct legal encyclopedia citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
bill
8. 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.
key number system
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
annotations
9. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
see - e.g.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
incorrect case citation
10. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
slip opinion
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
11. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
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.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
codified
12. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
see - e.g.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
13. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
slip law
correct citation of United States Code
14. 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.
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
court decision
components of Statutes at Large citation
components of United States Code citation
15. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
TARP method
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
16. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
substantive law
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Federal Rules of Evidence
_____________ is an official publication
17. Compiled chronologically
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Federal rules and procedures are...
Statutes at Large is
official publication of law
18. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
official publication of law
elements of a reported case
headnote or syllabus
Statutes are published as session laws...
19. Published by Lawyers Co-op
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
20. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
correct citation of Statutes at Large
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.
21. 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'
on the record
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
headnote or syllabus
22. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
West Publishing Company (West)
treatise
dicta
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
23. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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24. 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
secondary authority
National Reporter System
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
correct legal encyclopedia citation
25. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
court opinion
United States Code (U.S.C.)
United States Reports
26. Shepard's Citators
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
West Publishing Company (West)
27. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
stare decisis
unofficial publication of law
per curiam opinion
28. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case
components of law review citation
American Law Reports
A.L.R. is filled with...
The record of a court case includes
29. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
correct citation of a Constitutional article
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
30. Legal encyclopedia published by West
West Publishing Company (West)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
session laws
star paging
31. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
treatise
sequence of citations
Federal rules and procedures are...
32. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
the signal infra
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
33. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
34. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
procedural law
components of a standard case citation
cf.
parallel citation
35. Seven
National Reporter System
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.
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Federal session laws may be found in...
36. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
stare decisis
components of a Federal Register citation
holding
37. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
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.
F.R.D. contains...
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect United States Code citation
38. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
statement of facts
secondary authority
An unofficial publication is any publication
correct standard case citation
39. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
indexes typically
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
rationale
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
40. 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
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
statement of facts
National Reporter System
annotations
41. Decennial Digest
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
codified
42. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
memorandum opinion
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
correct citation of a Constitutional article
see generally
43. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
precedent
Supreme Court Reporter
44. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
45. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
incorrect United States Code citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
en banc
46. What federal session laws are published in
court decision
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
dissenting opinion
47. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
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.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
48. Result or disposition of the case
decision
unofficial publication of law
codified
treatise
49. The West key number system
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
contra
incorrect legal dictionary citation
C.J.S uses...
50. Statutes at Large
official publication of law
parallel 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
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.