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1. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
United States Reports is cited as...
correct Federal Register citation
official publication of law
2. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Law Week
slip law
summarize judicial opinions
holding
3. Official publication
summarize judicial opinions
Code of Federal Regulations is an
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
4. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
A.L.R.2d
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
correct legal encyclopedia citation
5. Digests
summarize judicial opinions
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
Federal Rules of Evidence
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
6. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication
memorandum opinion
components of a standard case citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
American Digest System is sometimes called...
7. 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
date of decision
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
American Digest System is sometimes called...
8. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
The record of a court case includes
All statutory codes are updated by...
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
9. Is used to check the current status of a case
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10. 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
Citation
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
restatement (of law)
official publication of law
11. Omit initials in unless the initial is part of the widely recognzied name (B.J. Hollis Corp. becomes Hollis Corp. - but initials are retained for J.C. Penney Co.). Omit Ltd. - Inc. - and similar terms if the party's name also contains R.R. - Co. - Br
Case citation - business names
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
State Courts
12. Case law
restatement (of law)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
annotations
per curiam opinion
13. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Index
components of a Federal Register citation
Code of Federal Regulations is an
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
14. 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.
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
substantive law
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
United States Code is
15. 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
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
Decennial Digest is part of the...
decision
components of United States Code citation
16. Federal district courts across the country.
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
correct Constitutional article citation
Citation
The typical case reporter contains either a separate section or a separate volume
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
id.
Cf.
per curiam opinion
The record of a court case includes
18. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
Decennial Digest is part of the...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
19. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.
Cf.
A.L.R.2d
correct Federal Register citation
substantive law
20. At the close of each legislative term.
Statutes are published as session laws
Statutes at Large
key number system
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
21. 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.
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Supra
22. Federal Rules Decisions
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
General Digest
separation of powers
23. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
Shepard's Citations
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Reports is an
24. Indicates that the full citation appears later in the memorandum - brief - or other work.
Headnotes in the American Digest System
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Infra
West Publishing Company (West)
25. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
Executive orders are
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Federal session laws may be found in
26. Official publication
opinion
Supra
Secondary authorities are those that
United States Code is an
27. 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.).
Presidential proclamations are published in...
Administrative Law
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
28. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
parallel citation
Statutes at Large
Administrative Law
29. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
Computerized search tools
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
30. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Reports
Statutes at Large
official publication of law
31. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
components of Statutes at Large citation
components of law review citation
dicta
32. The date upon which the decision was rendered
correct United States Code citation
date of decision
components of Statutes at Large citation
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
33. 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
substantive law
constitutional law
Supra
34. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
35. Primary authority
C.J.S. uses the
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
majority opinion
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
36. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Secondary authorities are those that
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
A.L.R.3d
37. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
correct legal encyclopedia citation
per curiam opinion
correct A.L.R. citation
to update the status of a particular case
38. 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.
dicta
Parallel citations
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
39. Into seven regions.
The National Reporter System divides the country
Code of Federal Regulations is an
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
40. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
signal infra
Administrative Law
codified
court opinion
41. Slip opinions compiled in two different sets of advance sheets: (1) United States Law Week (U.S.L.W) - published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs and (2) United States Supreme Court Bulletin - published by Commerce Clearing House.
To locate Cases
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
A.L.R.2d
restatement (of law)
42. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
Case citation - state
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
43. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
correct standard case citation
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
court opinion
44. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).
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45. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
opinion
to update the status of a particular case
key number system
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
46. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Federal session laws are published in
A.L.R.3d
West Publishing Company (West)
47. 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.
Statutes at Large
id.
Executive orders are
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
48. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.
dicta
State Courts
A.L.R.Fed.
de novo on record
49. 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 first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
signal infra
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
50. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
slip law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
A.L.R.4th
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with