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1. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
2. At the close of each legislative term.
primary authority
Statutes are published as session laws
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
3. American Digest System
Periodicals
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Decennial Digest is part of the...
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
4. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.
components of Statutes at Large citation
A.L.R.Fed.
An unofficial publication is any publication
constitutional law
5. Devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Presidential proclamations are published in...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
The typical case reporter contains either a separate section or a separate volume
6. For a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Executive orders are
1817
Digests are compilations of case law
These represent secondary authority
7. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.
American Digest System
parallel citation
United States Constitution
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
8. Published by West
memorandum opinion
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
constitutional law
United States Code is an
9. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
caption
A Uniform System of Citation
See - e.g. -
10. Published by Lawyers Co-op
components of Statutes at Large citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
West Publishing Company (West)
11. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
See - e.g. -
dicta
components of law review citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as...
12. 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
Parallel citations
en banc
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
13. 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
United States Reports
components of Statutes at Large citation
A.L.R.4th
14. 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
correct A.L.R. citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
annotations
15. F.Supp
West Publishing Company (West)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
All statutory codes are updated by...
16. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
components of an A.L.R. citation
American Digest System is sometimes called...
slip opinion
Supreme Court Reporter
17. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.
Federal session laws may be found in
id.
General Digest
Secondary authorities are those that
18. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
decision
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
holding
correct legal encyclopedia citation
19. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
See generally
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as...
A Uniform System of Citation
West Publishing Company (West)
20. Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in
Federal rules and procedures are
correct United States Code citation
signal infra
21. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
West Publishing Company (West)
court decision
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
on the record
22. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
correct A.L.R. citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
23. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)
Cf.
A Uniform System of Citation
Case citation - federal government
per curiam opinion
24. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
Shepardizing
An unofficial publication is any publication
memorandum opinion
See - e.g. -
25. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
A.L.R. Quick Index
correct standard case citation
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
separation of powers
26. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
The National Reporter System divides the country
separation of powers
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
Federal Rules of Evidence
27. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
most correct definition of star paging
date of decision
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
signal infra
28. Into seven regions.
Statutes are published as
per curiam opinion
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
The National Reporter System divides the country
29. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
de novo on record
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Headnotes in the American Digest System
30. Is used to check the current status of a case
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31. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
The record of a court case includes
West Publishing Company (West)
Index
32. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Digests summarize judicial decisions
court opinion
unofficial publication of law
33. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
de novo
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States Code is an
34. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
components of a Federal Register citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
correct United States Code citation
35. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).
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36. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Statutes are published as
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
37. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
annotations
38. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
Statutes are published as
Computerized search tools
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
components of law review citation
39. Federal Cases
memorandum opinion
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
correct standard case citation
40. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system
per curiam opinion
Decennial Digest is part of the...
Periodicals
1817
41. (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
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Case citation - business names
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
42. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).
Shepard's Citations
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Shepard's Citators
43. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law
A Uniform System of Citation
statutory law
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
44. Products of West Legal Studies
American Digest System is sometimes called...
date of decision
A.L.R. Quick Index
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
45. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
F.R.D. contains...
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
components of an A.L.R. citation
46. Used to find annotations on a particular topic which covers A.L.R.3d and A.L.R.4th and the series comes in five parts. Can check the Historicdal Table at the back of A.L.R. Index to find ouit whether an A.L.R. series annotation has been superseded (r
Case citation - business names
A.L.R. Quick Index
correct Constitutional article citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
47. Combined digest to access all federal courts.
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48. 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
court decision
components of United States Code citation
To locate Cases
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
49. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
rationale
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
slip law
50. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
U.S. Law Week
A.L.R.4th
Presidential proclamations are published in...
Citation