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1. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
Statutes are published as
stare decisis
To locate Cases
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)

2. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
American Digest System is sometimes called...
secondary authority
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use

3. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
correct law review citation
Case citation - state
Citation

4. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
West Publishing Company (West)
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use

5. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
signal infra
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

6. Use digest to find case references; read the case in the reporter; and shepardize to determine status.
Statutes are published as session laws
Case citation - state
To locate Cases
Supra

7. Indexes
summarize statute topics
A.L.R.Fed.
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
Federal Rules of Evidence

8. 22 C.F.R.
To locate Cases
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
A Uniform System of Citation
To locate Statutes and Constitutions

9. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
memorandum opinion
slip opinion

10. 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
signal infra
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
Shepardizing

11. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
de novo on record
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Federal Register is an
correct standard case citation

12. The date upon which the decision was rendered
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
F.R.D. contains...
date of decision
statement of facts

13. 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
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
de novo on record
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
key number system

14. Statutory Supplements
memorandum opinion
Digests summarize judicial decisions
All statutory codes are updated by...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

15. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.
National Reporter System
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Secondary authorities are those that
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

16. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.
Annotation
U.S. Law Week
Federal session laws are published in
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

17. While indexes summarize statute topics
dicta
Digests summarize judicial decisions
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
de novo

18. Supplemented by the A.L.R. Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
correct Statutes at Large citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Administrative Law

19. 88 C.J.S. Trial
signal infra
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
See generally

20. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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21. American Digest System
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
Annotation
Code of Federal Regulations is an
Decennial Digest is part of the...

22. The method used to determine whether a case still is good law is to check the citation in the appropriate set of Shepard's Citations.
Shepardizing
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
separation of powers
statutory law

23. Official publication
Shepard's Citations
United States Reports is an
digest
Secondary authorities are those that

24. F.Supp
digest
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
statutory law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained

25. 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
unofficial publication of law
id.
components of law review citation
primary authority

26. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
components of Statutes at Large citation
summarize judicial opinions
See generally
Federal session laws may be found in

27. Compiled chronologically
session laws
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Statutes at Large is

28. Result or disposition of the case
constitutional law
decision
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
dissenting opinion

29. When Internal Revenue Service is a party - the term Commissioner is used to identify it (meaning Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service); never use the abbreviation IRS.
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
stare decisis

30. Fed. R. App. P. 2.
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
secondary authority
session laws
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

31. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
F.R.D. contains...
star paging
advance sheets
Contra

32. 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.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
National Reporter System
parallel citation

33. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
memorandum opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
A Uniform System of Citation
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use

34. Both state and federal.
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
treatise
United States Reports

35. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
precedent
common law

36. Legal encyclopedia published by West
components of law review citation
official publication of law
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

37. Official publication
substantive law
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
Federal Register is an
precedent

38. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
session laws
Shepard's Citators
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)

39. Shepard's Citations is used
precedent
To locate Cases
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
to update the status of a particular case

40. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.
All statutory codes are updated by...
Periodicals
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The record of a court case includes

41. A syllabus of the court
Shepard's Citations
parallel citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
U.S. Reports contains

42. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
dicta
correct Statutes at Large citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...

43. Into seven regions.
Case citation - federal government
The National Reporter System divides the country
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
United States Reports

44. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
substantive law
Shepard's Citations
official publication of law
Federal rules and procedures are

45. To indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.

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46. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
Supreme Court Reporter
elements of a reported case
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only

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

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48. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
United States Reports is cited as...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
legal encyclopedias
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...

49. Primary authority
dicta
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
Infra
C.J.S. uses the

50. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)
Executive orders are
All statutory codes are updated by...
Case citation - federal government
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