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1. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
Statutes are published as session laws
most correct definition of star paging
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
codified
2. Fed. R. App. P. 2.
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
Statutes at Large
A.L.R.Fed.
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
3. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
Statutes are published as session laws
headnote or syllabus
correct Constitutional article citation
4. Digests
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
majority opinion
statutory law
summarize judicial opinions
5. Result or disposition of the case
components of an A.L.R. citation
Secondary authorities are those that
parallel citation
decision
6. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Decennial Digest is part of the...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
7. Is the primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
All statutory codes are updated by...
A.L.R.Fed.
Index
8. Both state and federal.
U.S. Law Week
All statutory codes are updated by...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
9. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
All statutory codes are updated by...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
A.L.R.4th
10. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
statement of facts
The record of a court case includes
Shepardizing
11. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
Contra
United States Code is an
United States Reports
12. Is a finding tool ONLY - usually compiled by the publisher of the case reporter to which it relates. NEVER cite as legal authority for any purpose.
digest
Shepard's Citations
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
See generally
13. 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
precedent
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
key number system
14. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
Statutes are published as session laws
C.J.S. uses the
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
annotations
15. 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.).
correct Constitutional amendment citation
id.
National Reporter System
Administrative Law
16. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
to update the status of a particular statute
All statutory codes are updated by...
primary authority
17. U.S. Const. amend. XIV -
official publication of law
Supra
common law
correct Constitutional amendment citation
18. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.
Statutes at Large
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) is filled with
legal encyclopedias
All statutory codes are updated by...
19. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
A.L.R.Fed.
Annotation
dissenting opinion
20. S. Ct.
official publication of law
A.L.R.Fed.
id.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
21. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
Cf.
official publication of law
Case citation - federal government
22. 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.
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
Dicennial
treatise
digest
23. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
Case citation - state
stare decisis
24. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
official publication of law
opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Digests summarize judicial decisions
25. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are "arbitrary or capricious"
National Reporter System
de novo
on the record
General Digest
26. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Case citation - business names
Presidential proclamations are published in...
27. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d
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28. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
slip opinion
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
majority opinion
29. Official publication
United States Reports is an
correct legal encyclopedia citation
key number system
United States Reports
30. 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
court decision
rationale
majority opinion
Federal Register is an
31. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
Periodicals
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
session laws
32. WESTLAW - West Publishing Company; and LEXIS - Mead Data Corporation.
Computerized search tools
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
correct Statutes at Large citation
33. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
F.R.D. contains...
1817
34. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
legal encyclopedias
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
American Law Reports (A.L.R.) selects and publishes
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
35. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.
per curiam opinion
The National Reporter System divides the country
A.L.R.2d
correct Statutes at Large citation
36. 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
What legal dictionaries provide case citations upon which a definition is based?
annotations
United States Reports is an
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
37. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The record of a court case includes
Code of Federal Regulations is an
An unofficial publication is any publication
38. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
primary authority
components of Statutes at Large citation
National Reporter System
United States Code is
39. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
1817
U.S. Law Week
components of Statutes at Large citation
40. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
Citation
advance sheets
Supreme Court Reporter
41. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
parallel citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
United States Reports
42. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
precedent
common law
Case citation - individuals
correct Statutes at Large citation
43. United States Code (U.S.C.)
statutory law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
components of United States Code citation
Federal session laws are codified and published in
44. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
holding
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
A.L.R. Quick Index
American Digest System
45. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
components of a Federal Register citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
caption
46. When state government is a party - such as the plaintiff in a criminal case - it is identified in the case name simply as "State" (State v. Jones).
holding
substantive law
correct Statutes at Large citation
Case citation - state
47. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
bill
parallel citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
All statutory codes are updated by...
48. Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in
id.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Statutes are published as session laws
49. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
United States Reports
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
50. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.
treatise
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
1817