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1. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.
de novo
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
statement of facts
American Digest System

2. Shepard's Citations is used
Secondary authorities are those that
The typical case reporter contains either a separate section or a separate volume
to update the status of a particular case
Supreme Court Reporter

3. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
Presidential proclamations are published in...
elements of a reported case
Administrative Law
correct Constitutional amendment citation

4. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
to update the status of a particular statute
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
correct Constitutional amendment citation

5. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
elements of a reported case
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
common law

6. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42
elements of a reported case
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct standard case citation
holding

7. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Executive orders are
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
decision

8. 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
sequence of citations
bill
Headnotes in the American Digest System
caption

9. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
Secondary authorities are those that
secondary authority
date of decision
bill

10. 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
id.
annotations
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)

11. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d

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12. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
stare decisis
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes at Large is
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

13. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
star paging
statement of facts
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

14. Products of West Legal Studies
The signal 'supra' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs)
correct Statutes at Large citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...

15. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)
parallel citation
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
Infra
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only

16. Published by Lawyers Co-op
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
components of law review citation

17. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
en banc
Presidential proclamations are published in...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

18. 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
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Secondary authorities are those that

19. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
court decision
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Reports is cited as...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

20. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
C.J.S. uses the
Headnotes in the American Digest System
Executive orders are
correct standard case citation

21. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).
Headnotes in the American Digest System
annotations
Case citation - individuals
treatise

22. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
components of law review citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
U.S. Reports contains

23. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Index
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

24. Federal Cases
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Federal rules and procedures are
components of a standard case citation

25. Statutory Supplements
decision
U.S. Law Week
summarize statute topics
All statutory codes are updated by...

26. The date upon which the decision was rendered
date of decision
West Publishing Company (West)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
All statutory codes are updated by...

27. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as...
A Uniform System of Citation
stare decisis

28. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
components of Statutes at Large citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
correct Statutes at Large citation
A Uniform System of Citation

29. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12
codified
headnote or syllabus
dicta
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

30. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Statutes at Large
Shepard's Citations
majority opinion
Annotation

31. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
parallel citation
concurring opinion
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
A.L.R.4th

32. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
Contra
Statutes at Large

33. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
holding
most correct definition of star paging
procedural law

34. Use index to find statute section; read the statutory section; and check supplements for status.
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
United States Reports
precedent

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
elements of a reported case
United States Reports
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

36. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
Contra
Dicennial
A.L.R.2d
The record of a court case includes

37. The rules and regulations of federal administrative agencies are cited either to the Code of Federal Regulations (arranged by topic and cited as C.F.R.) or to the Federal Register (arranged chronologically and cited as Fed. Reg.).
components of law review citation
Administrative Law
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
slip opinion

38. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
court decision
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption

39. Holding of a case which guides the decisions in future cases involving similar facts and similar legal issues
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
primary authority
Federal rules and procedures are
precedent

40. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case
U.S. Reports contains
Dicennial
majority opinion
unofficial publication of law

41. USOC - also known as the Blue Book - is universally accepted authority on legal citations - which is published jointly by the law reviews of Columbia - Harvard - the University of Pennsylvania - and Yale Law Schools.
A Uniform System of Citation
An unofficial publication is any publication
Shepard's Citators
correct legal encyclopedia citation

42. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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43. There are 3 case reporters for the U.S. Supreme Court - United States Reports (U.S.) Official - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) Unofficial - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d) Unofficial
holding
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as...
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
to update the status of a particular case

44. (Dallas - Cranch - Wheaton - Peters - Howard - Black - and Wallace) - which were cited - for example - 1 Dall. 233.
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
Federal rules and procedures are

45. 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
Case citation - individuals
restatement (of law)
1817
signal infra

46. Result or disposition of the case
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
Shepard's Citations
decision
precedent

47. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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48. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
U.S. Law Week
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Federal Register is an
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)

49. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
de novo on record
Supra
West's Federal Practice Digest 3d
United States District Courts case reporters

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
memorandum opinion
Federal rules and procedures are
digest
dissenting opinion