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1. 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.
de novo
National Reporter System
Shepard's Citations
components of a standard case citation
2. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
key number system
Annotation
3. 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.
correct Statutes at Large citation
Citation
id.
majority opinion
4. 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.).
U.S. Law Week
Administrative Law
rationale
Federal session laws may be found in
5. Statutory Supplements
All statutory codes are updated by...
en banc
correct Constitutional article citation
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
United States Code is an
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
sequence of citations
The record of a court case includes
7. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
slip law
A.L.R.Fed.
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
separation of powers
8. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
United States Constitution
Secondary authorities are those that
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
en banc
9. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
dissenting opinion
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
correct Federal Register citation
Executive orders are
10. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for its holding and decision
Presidential proclamations are published in...
secondary authority
de novo
rationale
11. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
on the record
Shepard's Citations
F.R.D. contains...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
12. The digest for each ten-year period.
West Publishing Company (West)
signal infra
to update the status of a particular statute
Dicennial
13. 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 - Restatements of Law Published by th
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
National Reporter System
Case citation - state
court decision
14. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
Shepardizing
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Reports
15. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
West's Federal Practice Digest 3d
correct A.L.R. citation
See - e.g. -
Computerized search tools
16. Is issued when a federal case first decides a case. This is a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
U.S. Law Week
slip opinion
en banc
advance sheets
17. Digests
summarize judicial opinions
Secondary authorities are those that
court opinion
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
18. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
19. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
Statutes at Large is
correct Statutes at Large citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
Citation
20. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
Parallel citations
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
procedural law
Supra
21. The date upon which the decision was rendered
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
date of decision
Headnotes in the American Digest System
See generally
22. Official publication
common law
memorandum opinion
These represent secondary authority
United States Reports is an
23. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
correct Statutes at Large citation
per curiam opinion
24. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
A.L.R. Quick Index
slip opinion
25. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
F.R.D. contains...
Shepardizing
correct standard case citation
correct A.L.R. citation
26. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).
Case citation - individuals
Citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
memorandum opinion
27. Case law
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
Administrative Law
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
28. 88 C.J.S. Trial
advance sheets
correct legal encyclopedia citation
per curiam opinion
A.L.R. Quick Index
29. A proposed legislative measure
bill
en banc
statutory law
court decision
30. 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
precedent
components of a standard case citation
Shepard's Citators
de novo on record
31. 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
most correct definition of star paging
A.L.R.Fed.
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
32. While indexes summarize statute topics
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
Digests summarize judicial decisions
The record of a court case includes
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
33. Statutory law
Federal session laws are published in
Federal rules and procedures are
Federal Rules of Evidence
Digests summarize judicial decisions
34. WESTLAW - West Publishing Company; and LEXIS - Mead Data Corporation.
Computerized search tools
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
most correct definition of star paging
Case citation - state
35. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
Secondary authorities are those that
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Dicennial
36. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
key number system
Parallel citations
elements of a reported case
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
37. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Supra
Case citation - state
38. 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
An unofficial publication is any publication
majority opinion
A.L.R.3d
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
39. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
United States District Courts case reporters
star paging
Federal rules and procedures are
Supreme Court Reporter
40. Consists of articles and various amendments
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Constitution
annotations
41. Use index to find statute section; read the statutory section; and check supplements for status.
National Reporter System
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
Statutes at Large
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
42. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
official publication of law
See - e.g. -
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
codified
43. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.
Index
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Annotation
To locate Cases
44. The Federal Reporter
An unofficial publication is any publication
secondary authority
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
45. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
Periodicals
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
46. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
West Publishing Company (West)
correct Federal Register citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Index
47. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
concurring opinion
constitutional law
date of decision
48. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
American Digest System is sometimes called...
holding
on the record
49. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -
correct Constitutional amendment citation
statement of facts
United States Code is
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
50. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
United States District Courts case reporters
Citation