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1. 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
star paging
American Law Reports
most correct definition of star paging
Supreme Court Reporter
2. 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
codified
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Federal rules and procedures are...
Federal Rules of Evidence
3. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
components of law review citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
U.S. Reports contains
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
4. United States Reports
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
majority opinion
5. An index
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
separation of powers
court opinion
on the record
6. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
most correct definition of star paging
official publication of law
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
7. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
sequence of citations
per curiam opinion
8. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
An annotation is
court opinion
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
9. 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
de novo on record
key number system
An annotation is
10. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.
constitutional law
primary authority
correct citation of a Constitutional article
correct legal encyclopedia citation
11. 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
correct Federal Register citation
correct citation of a Constitutional article
precedent
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
12. Federal Cases
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
bill
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
13. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
advance sheets
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
statutory law
14. 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.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
elements of a reported case
de novo
15. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
correct citation of United States Code
16. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
17. United States Reports
Federal Rules of Evidence
treatise
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
_____________ is an official publication
18. Name of the appellant
en banc
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.
American Jurisprudence is a...
cf.
19. Explanation of the subject
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
20. The West key number system
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
indexes typically
statutory law
C.J.S uses...
21. Statutes at Large
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
22. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
restatements of law
dicta
legal encyclopedias
23. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
on the record
An unofficial publication is any publication
unofficial publication of law
24. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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25. 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.
legal dictionaries
Statutes at Large is
The record of a court case includes
components of Statutes at Large citation
26. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
correct Federal Register citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
elements of a reported case
27. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
F.R.D. contains...
per curiam opinion
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
28. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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29. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
codified
components of and A.L.R. citation
30. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
United States District Courts case reporters
slip law
National Reporter System
31. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
correct Federal Register citation
_____________ is an official publication
correct law review citation
32. State and federal
correct citation of Statutes at Large
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
dicta
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
33. F.Supp
digests typically
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.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
bill
34. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
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
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.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
35. 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
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
An unofficial publication is any publication
en banc
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
36. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
slip law
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.
correct A.L.R. citation
37. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
codified
common law
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
38. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
National Reporter System
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
United States Reports
39. 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
An annotation is
de novo on record
West Publishing Company (West)
the signal infra
40. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication
procedural law
National Reporter System
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
41. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
TARP method
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
42. Statutory law
to update the status of a particular statute
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
correct standard case citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
43. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
correct law review citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
44. 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 a standard case citation
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.
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
legal encyclopedias
45. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
American Jurisprudence is a...
correct A.L.R. citation
These represent secondary authority
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
46. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
slip law
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
A.L.R. is filled with...
47. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
United States Reports is cited as
separation of powers
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
48. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
legal dictionaries
49. Decennial Digest
codified
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
dicta
50. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
dissenting opinion
primary authority
legal encyclopedias
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation