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1. Products of West Legal Studies
West Publishing Company (West)
court opinion
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
2. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
statutory law
3. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
legal encyclopedias
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
An unofficial publication is any publication
4. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
elements of a reported case
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
U.S. Law Week
5. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
session laws
see - e.g.
Executive orders are...
6. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found
decision
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
_____________ is an official publication
components of United States Code citation
7. 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
bill
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Federal rules and procedures are...
8. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
annotations
elements of a reported case
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
9. 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
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
court decision
components of a standard case citation
concurring opinion
10. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
slip opinion
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
11. 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
West Publishing Company (West)
Federal rules and procedures are...
components of law review citation
see generally
12. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
substantive law
American Jurisprudence is a...
memorandum opinion
13. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
C.J.S uses...
correct citation of United States Code
West Publishing Company (West)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
14. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
legal encyclopedias
correct citation of Statutes at Large
15. 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
components of Statutes at Large citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
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
precedent
official publication of law
star paging
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
17. 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 Register (Fed. Reg.)
correct legal encyclopedia citation
_____________ is an official publication
18. 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.
on the record
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
National Reporter System
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
19. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
F.R.D. contains...
United States Code is
unofficial publication of law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
20. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
court decision
advance sheets
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
secondary authority
21. Extensive selected annotations
United States Code is
headnote or syllabus
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.
A.L.R. is filled with...
22. The West key number system
to update the status of a particular statute
primary authority
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
C.J.S uses...
23. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
Federal Rules of Civil 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.
24. An explanatory note
These represent secondary authority
An annotation is
key number system
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
25. 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
statutory law
components of and A.L.R. citation
incorrect United States Code citation
annotations
26. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
unofficial publication of law
memorandum opinion
27. An index
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
see generally
stare decisis
28. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
Statutes at Large is
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
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.
29. 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.
procedural law
cf.
primary authority
components of Statutes at Large citation
30. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
holding
key number system
legal encyclopedias
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
31. A proposed legislative measure
bill
An annotation is
correct legal encyclopedia citation
to update the status of a particular case
32. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
sequence of citations
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
33. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
legal encyclopedias
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
An annotation is
34. 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.
slip opinion
West Publishing Company (West)
A.L.R. is filled with...
concurring opinion
35. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
concurring opinion
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
rationale
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
36. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal rules and procedures are...
United States Reports
slip opinion
37. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
These represent secondary authority
United States Code is
38. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
American Law Reports
West Publishing Company (West)
incorrect legal dictionary citation
39. Shepard's Citators
components of United States Code citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
_____________ is an official publication
40. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
TARP method
dissenting opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
U.S. Reports contains
41. 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.
_____________ is an official publication
substantive law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
An unofficial publication is any publication
42. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
American Jurisprudence is a...
dicta
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
43. Restatement (of law)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
West Publishing Company (West)
restatements of 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
44. Name of the appellant
American Law Reports
common law
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
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.
45. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
holding
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 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.
46. 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
see - e.g.
American Law Reports
common law
star paging
47. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
codified
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
common law
48. Encyclopedia
American Jurisprudence is a...
court opinion
components of Statutes at Large citation
A.L.R. is filled with...
49. Typical case reporter
en banc
Federal session laws may be found in...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
50. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
session laws