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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
separation of powers
United States Reports is cited as...
memorandum opinion
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
2. The Statutes at Large.
correct law review citation
Presidential proclamations are published in...
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
United States Reports is cited as...
3. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
dissenting opinion
slip law
Shepard's Citators
National Reporter System
4. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
American Digest System is sometimes called...
Federal Rules of Evidence
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
A.L.R.4th
5. F.Supp
American Digest System
United States District Courts case reporters
Executive orders are
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
6. 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
correct standard case citation
components of United States Code citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
treatise
7. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
Shepard's Citators
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Contra
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
8. Devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The typical case reporter contains either a separate section or a separate volume
Executive orders are
procedural law
Contra
9. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Statutes at Large is
opinion
Shepard's Citators
Supreme Court Reporter
10. 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.
dicta
Case citation - state
Shepardizing
opinion
11. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as...
Case citation - federal government
General Digest
Computerized search tools
12. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
star paging
United States District Courts case reporters
session laws
13. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
annotations
A Uniform System of Citation
A.L.R.3d
14. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
legal encyclopedias
Administrative Law
See - e.g. -
15. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.
Periodicals
digest
slip opinion
de novo on record
16. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
components of a Federal Register citation
official publication of law
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
17. Products of West Legal Studies
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
correct standard case citation
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
correct law review citation
18. (Dallas - Cranch - Wheaton - Peters - Howard - Black - and Wallace) - which were cited - for example - 1 Dall. 233.
headnote or syllabus
secondary authority
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
19. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
Citation
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
20. A syllabus of the court
signal infra
The Federal Supplement contains only selected decisions of
U.S. Reports contains
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
21. Regardless of how it may have been shown in the lower courts.
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
United States Reports is an
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
To locate Cases
22. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Statutes at Large is
to update the status of a particular statute
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
23. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
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24. At the close of each legislative term.
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Statutes are published as session laws
A Uniform System of Citation
25. Is used to check the current status of a case
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26. 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
Cf.
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is the leading
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
correct law review citation
27. 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
A.L.R. Quick Index
correct Constitutional amendment citation
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
Administrative Law
28. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
United States Constitution
primary authority
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
procedural law
29. 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.) selects and publishes
components of an A.L.R. citation
precedent
memorandum opinion
30. Issued by a private - non-government publisher (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other).
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
An unofficial publication is any publication
State Courts
31. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
A.L.R.2d
correct Constitutional article citation
32. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
correct Statutes at Large citation
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
Federal Rules of Evidence
33. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law
Case citation - individuals
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
West's Federal Practice Digest 3d
rationale
34. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
F.R.D. contains...
United States Reports is an
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
35. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
bill
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
caption
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
36. West publishes separate digests for nearly every state plus the District of Columbia - as well as digests tied to five of its seven regional case reporters.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
substantive law
State Courts
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
37. Case law
id.
legal encyclopedias
The record of a court case includes
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
38. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
court opinion
court decision
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
39. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
A.L.R.2d
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
key number system
40. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
correct standard case citation
Cf.
decision
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
41. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Reports is an
bill
unofficial publication of law
Shepard's Citations
42. Use digest to find case references; read the case in the reporter; and shepardize to determine status.
substantive law
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
components of law review citation
To locate Cases
43. Secondary authority
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
rationale
components of a standard case citation
44. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
unofficial publication of law
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
American Digest System is sometimes called...
45. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system
1817
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
court decision
See generally
46. 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
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
dissenting opinion
Federal session laws are codified and published in
47. Digests
Shepardizing
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
A.L.R.Fed.
summarize judicial opinions
48. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
Federal Rules of Evidence
parallel citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
49. Supplemented by the A.L.R. Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.
The signal 'supra' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs)
A.L.R. (sometimes called A.L.R. First)
advance sheets
United States Constitution
50. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
Federal session laws may be found in
correct Constitutional amendment citation
Shepard's Citations
correct law review citation