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1. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
1817
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
correct standard case citation
2. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
components of an A.L.R. citation
session laws
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
digest
3. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system
Case citation - business names
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
1817
United States Code is
4. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.
sequence of citations
American Digest System
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Contra
5. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
United States District Courts case reporters
separation of powers
United States Constitution
id.
6. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
correct Statutes at Large citation
Supra
A.L.R. Quick Index
7. F.Supp
Federal Rules of Evidence
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
en banc
secondary authority
8. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
advance sheets
9. 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
Case citation - state
A.L.R.Fed.
An unofficial publication is any publication
majority opinion
10. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
memorandum opinion
decision
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
11. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as...
bill
decision
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
12. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.
Supra
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
caption
13. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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14. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.
A.L.R.2d
A.L.R.Fed.
correct standard case citation
correct Federal Register citation
15. 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
Computerized search tools
sequence of citations
United States Code is an
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Supreme Court Reporter
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
A.L.R.Fed.
17. Digest topic
A.L.R. Quick Index
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
Federal rules and procedures are
Statutes at Large is
18. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
Decennial Digest is part of the...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
treatise
F.R.D. contains...
19. There are 3 case reporters for the U.S. Supreme Court - United States Reports (U.S.) Official - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) Unofficial - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d) Unofficial
unofficial publication of law
U.S. Supreme Court Case Reporters
digest
summarize judicial opinions
20. 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.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
court opinion
id.
United States Reports is cited as...
21. 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
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
These represent secondary authority
22. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)
Case citation - federal government
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
most correct definition of star paging
F.R.D. contains...
23. Fed. R. Evid. 401
Procedural Rules - Rule 401 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Shepard's Citations
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
24. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
Parallel citations
Shepard's Citations
slip law
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
25. Official publication
Periodicals
United States Code is an
correct Constitutional amendment citation
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
26. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
West's Federal Practice Digest 3d
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
components of a Federal Register citation
27. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Shepard's Citations
court opinion
correct Statutes at Large citation
28. 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
secondary authority
stare decisis
statutory law
annotations
29. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).
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30. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
secondary authority
opinion
en banc
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
31. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
United States District Courts case reporters
Periodicals
components of Statutes at Large citation
32. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
components of an A.L.R. citation
correct Statutes at Large citation
33. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
correct A.L.R. citation
components of law review citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
State Courts
34. Official publication
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Shepard's Citations
United States Reports is an
Code of Federal Regulations is an
35. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
separation of powers
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
36. For a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Digests are compilations of case law
correct Statutes at Large citation
37. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.
components of Statutes at Large citation
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
A.L.R.3d
38. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
elements of a reported case
to update the status of a particular case
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
per curiam opinion
39. 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.
Annotation
National Reporter System
To locate Cases
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
40. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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41. 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
holding
Infra
American Digest System is sometimes called...
A.L.R. Quick Index
42. Case law
Shepard's Citations
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
components of Statutes at Large citation
Case citation - state
43. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
correct law review citation
Federal session laws are codified and published in
State Courts
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
44. Digests
slip law
summarize judicial opinions
rationale
A.L.R.3d
45. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
on the record
Index
West Publishing Company (West)
46. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
components of a standard case citation
court decision
components of Statutes at Large citation
correct Statutes at Large citation
47. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
primary authority
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
West Publishing Company (West)
statement of facts
48. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
National Reporter System and American Digest System are...
correct standard case citation
bill
parallel citation
49. 88 C.J.S. Trial
The National Reporter System divides the country
Case citation - business names
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
50. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
slip opinion
memorandum opinion
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure