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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Selected decisions
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
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.
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 Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
2. American Digest System
restatements of law
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
court decision
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
3. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
These represent secondary authority
court decision
per curiam opinion
official publication of law
4. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Supreme Court Reporter
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
components of a Federal Register citation
5. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
headnote or syllabus
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
6. What federal session laws are published in
session laws
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
_____________ is an official publication
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
7. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
date of decision
8. 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.
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
contra
components of Statutes at Large citation
components of a Federal Register citation
9. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
National Reporter System
see - e.g.
These represent secondary authority
treatise
10. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
on the record
statutory law
see - e.g.
11. 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 Statutes at Large citation
components of a standard case citation
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.
These represent secondary authority
12. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
American Jurisprudence is a...
secondary authority
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
13. 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
see - e.g.
stare decisis
headnote or syllabus
These represent secondary authority
14. Name of the appellant
primary authority
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.
Shepard's Citations
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
15. 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
C.J.S uses...
components of and A.L.R. citation
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
_____________ is an official publication
16. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
dicta
incorrect case citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
legal dictionaries
17. Products of West Legal Studies
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
18. Statutes at Large
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Federal session laws may be found in...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
19. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
indexes typically
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
statutory law
correct A.L.R. citation
20. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
components of a Federal Register citation
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 amendment
correct law review citation
21. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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22. Extensive selected annotations
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
West Publishing Company (West)
A.L.R. is filled with...
23. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
cf.
opinion
to update the status of a particular case
24. 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
incorrect United States Code citation
Statutes at Large is
sequence of citations
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
25. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
United States Code is
restatements of law
caption
Shepard's Citations
26. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
components of United States Code citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
elements of a reported case
27. 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
de novo
correct Federal Register citation
restatements of law
see - e.g.
28. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct citation of Statutes at Large
American Jurisprudence is a...
29. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
see - e.g.
en banc
TARP method
30. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
dicta
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
dissenting opinion
legal encyclopedias
31. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
headnote or syllabus
session laws
en banc
Supreme Court Reporter
32. A syllabus of the court
key number system
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
U.S. Reports contains
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
33. Case law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
sequence of citations
court decision
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
34. Presidential proclamations
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
An unofficial publication is any publication
35. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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36. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Shepard's Citations
National Reporter System
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
37. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
unofficial publication of law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
U.S. Reports contains
separation of powers
38. What federal session laws are codified and published in
procedural law
United States Code (U.S.C.)
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.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
39. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
see generally
bill
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
slip opinion
40. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.
concurring opinion
legal encyclopedias
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
41. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
components of and A.L.R. citation
United States District Courts case reporters
star paging
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
42. A proposed legislative measure
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
incorrect case citation
bill
43. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
correct Federal Register citation
United States Reports
components of a standard case citation
to update the status of a particular statute
44. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
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 record of a court case includes
United States Reports
correct legal encyclopedia citation
45. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
procedural law
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
correct legal encyclopedia citation
46. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
court decision
treatise
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
session laws
47. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Federal Rules of Evidence
West Publishing Company (West)
The record of a court case includes
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
48. Encyclopedia
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
American Jurisprudence is a...
contra
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
49. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Federal rules and procedures are...
50. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one
dissenting opinion
dicta
en banc
digests typically