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1. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
to update the status of a particular statute
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
2. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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3. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
secondary authority
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Shepard's Citators
4. 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
U.S. Law Week
dissenting opinion
sequence of citations
A.L.R.2d
5. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).
Statutes at Large is
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
correct A.L.R. citation
rationale
6. 15 U.S.C.
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
correct United States Code citation
correct legal encyclopedia citation
holding
7. Fed. R. App. P. 2.
unofficial publication of law
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
caption
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
8. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
Administrative Law
concurring opinion
9. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
State Courts
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
American Digest System is sometimes called...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
10. 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
constitutional law
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
United States Reports is an
Computerized search tools
11. Secondary authority
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Contra
sequence of citations
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
12. 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
decision
components of an A.L.R. citation
Index
majority opinion
13. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
Supreme Court Reporter
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
Periodicals
14. American Digest System
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
components of law review citation
Computerized search tools
Decennial Digest is part of the...
15. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
court opinion
components of Statutes at Large citation
16. Is the primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal.
star paging
unofficial publication of law
Index
F.R.D. contains...
17. The digest for the current period.
Periodicals
These represent secondary authority
General Digest
United States Constitution
18. Are catalogued under topics and subtopics assigned to key numbers - using the TARP method. T - thing or subject matter involved in the case; A - Action (cause of action) or ground for defense to an action; R - Relief sought; P - parties - meaning the
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
Headnotes in the American Digest System
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
Contra
19. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
components of a Federal Register citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
20. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
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21. U.S. Const. art. IV -
correct Constitutional article citation
United States Reports
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
22. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)
concurring opinion
codified
Shepard's Citations
Case citation - federal government
23. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
correct A.L.R. citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Federal Rules of Evidence
24. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).
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25. Digests
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
summarize judicial opinions
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
1817
26. Compiled by topic
Decennial Digest is part of the...
slip opinion
United States Code is
Digests are compilations of case law
27. Use index to find statute section; read the statutory section; and check supplements for status.
summarize judicial opinions
Contra
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
components of United States Code citation
28. 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.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as...
unofficial publication of law
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
29. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Supreme Court Reporter
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
codified
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
30. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
de novo
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
31. 1. full name of author; 2. the word "Annotation"; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
United States Constitution
components of an A.L.R. citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
32. West key number system
decision
Computerized search tools
summarize statute topics
C.J.S. uses the
33. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
restatement (of law)
Presidential proclamations are published in...
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
statutory law
34. Federal Cases
precedent
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
on the record
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
35. Case law
F.R.D. contains...
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Annotation
components of a Federal Register citation
36. 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
components of United States Code citation
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
components of law review citation
37. 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
United States District Courts case reporters
Index
components of law review citation
A.L.R.4th
38. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
summarize statute topics
Headnotes in the American Digest System
39. 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
statutory law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
restatement (of law)
procedural law
40. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.
Periodicals
Case citation - business names
American Digest System is sometimes called...
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
41. Legal encyclopedia published by West
stare decisis
Digests summarize judicial decisions
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
court opinion
42. 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.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
National Reporter System
See - e.g. -
The National Reporter System divides the country
43. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
statement of facts
State Courts
American Digest System is sometimes called...
44. Published by West
Contra
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
Cf.
45. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case
primary authority
treatise
United States Reports is an
stare decisis
46. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Secondary authorities are those that
sequence of citations
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
47. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
dicta
codified
Federal session laws are codified and published in
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
48. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
Dicennial
The record of a court case includes
correct law review citation
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
49. To indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.
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50. Statutory law
State Courts
to update the status of a particular statute
Shepard's Citations
Federal rules and procedures are