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1. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
United States Reports
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
correct standard case citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
2. Case law
concurring opinion
The signal 'supra' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs)
United States Code is
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
3. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
en banc
United States Reports is an
correct Constitutional article citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
4. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
A.L.R. Quick Index
Citation
See generally
slip law
5. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
concurring opinion
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
to update the status of a particular case
6. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.
American Digest System is sometimes called...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
correct Statutes at Large citation
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
7. Indicates that the full citation appears later in the memorandum - brief - or other work.
parallel citation
Infra
An unofficial publication is any publication
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
8. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.
American Digest System
slip opinion
correct legal encyclopedia citation
components of a Federal Register citation
9. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)
headnote or syllabus
most correct definition of star paging
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
10. Refers to a previously cited authority. May not be used to refer to constitutions - statutes - or cases previously cited in full in legal memoranda and briefs; however - it may be used in genearl text - in books - and in law review articles.
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Federal session laws are published in
Supra
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
11. A proposed legislative measure
bill
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
correct Constitutional amendment citation
U.S. Law Week
12. Used to indicate that the full citation appears immediately above - meaning that no other citations intervene between the full citation and the short form id.
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
The typical case reporter contains either a separate section or a separate volume
statutory law
id.
13. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
Infra
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Statutes are published as
components of an A.L.R. citation
14. Official publication
Federal session laws may be found in
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal Register is an
15. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
sequence of citations
correct A.L.R. citation
16. Is a finding tool ONLY - usually compiled by the publisher of the case reporter to which it relates. NEVER cite as legal authority for any purpose.
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
digest
substantive law
Computerized search tools
17. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Case citation - state
An unofficial publication is any publication
United States Reports is cited as...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
18. Statutory Supplements
Case citation - business names
advance sheets
All statutory codes are updated by...
court opinion
19. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
statutory law
primary authority
official publication of law
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
20. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.
Secondary authorities are those that
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
21. Statutory law
codified
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal rules and procedures are
Computerized search tools
22. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.
Periodicals
To locate Cases
de novo on record
components of an A.L.R. citation
23. 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
Federal session laws are published in
per curiam opinion
sequence of citations
correct legal encyclopedia citation
24. Digests
decision
treatise
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
summarize judicial opinions
25. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d
26. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
National Reporter System
star paging
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
27. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.
decision
All statutory codes are updated by...
Citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
28. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).
Case citation - individuals
treatise
Statutes at Large
constitutional law
29. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -
correct Constitutional amendment citation
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
components of a Federal Register citation
30. Official publication
United States Code is an
components of a Federal Register citation
Shepard's Citations
United States Reports is an
31. Primary authority
U.S. Reports contains
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
correct Federal Register citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
32. S. Ct.
All statutory codes are updated by...
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
United States District Courts case reporters
33. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
statement of facts
Secondary authorities are those that
memorandum opinion
34. 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.
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
National Reporter System
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
procedural law
35. 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.
de novo on record
components of a Federal Register citation
session laws
components of Statutes at Large citation
36. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
separation of powers
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
37. Is issued when a federal case first decides a case. This is a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
slip opinion
common law
caption
Executive orders are
38. When state government is a party - such as the plaintiff in a criminal case - it is identified in the case name simply as "State" (State v. Jones).
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Case citation - state
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
39. 1. number of the Code title2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
components of a Federal Register citation
components of United States Code citation
memorandum opinion
40. The date upon which the decision was rendered
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
date of decision
correct Federal Register citation
components of law review citation
41. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
dicta
Digests are compilations of case law
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
42. 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
slip opinion
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
U.S. Reports contains
43. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).
advance sheets
Case citation - state
United States Constitution
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
44. Is the same case published in more than one case reporter and should not be used when citing to U.S. Supreme Court cases; cite to U.S. Reports ONLY - for state cases must be cited if they exist.
date of decision
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Parallel citations
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
45. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Statutes at Large
key number system
secondary authority
opinion
46. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
sequence of citations
decision
47. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
48. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
codified
Shepardizing
49. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
parallel citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
1817
statement of facts
50. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
memorandum opinion
restatement (of law)