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1. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
Secondary authorities are those that
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components of United States Code citation
codified
2. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d
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3. Secondary authority
Supreme Court Reporter
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
The signal 'infra' is used in legal memoranda and briefs
components of Statutes at Large citation
4. Slip opinions compiled in two different sets of advance sheets: (1) United States Law Week (U.S.L.W) - published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs and (2) United States Supreme Court Bulletin - published by Commerce Clearing House.
United States Reports is cited as...
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
Federal rules and procedures are
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
5. Holding of a case which guides the decisions in future cases involving similar facts and similar legal issues
correct legal encyclopedia citation
precedent
Infra
correct Constitutional article citation
6. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
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7. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
Procedural Rules - Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
annotations
See generally
summarize judicial opinions
8. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
Procedural Rules - Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it
United States Reports
Digests summarize judicial decisions
9. United States Reports
primary authority
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
correct Statutes at Large citation
10. Official publication
correct United States Code citation
Code of Federal Regulations is an
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Case citation - individuals
11. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Periodicals
holding
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
12. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
summarize judicial opinions
Code of Federal Regulations is an
codified
Access U.S. Supreme Court cases only
13. A proposed legislative measure
Executive orders are
summarize statute topics
Presidential proclamations are published in...
bill
14. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
Code of Federal Regulations is an
digest
State Courts
15. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
A.L.R. Quick Index
most correct definition of star paging
dicta
A Uniform System of Citation
16. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
F.R.D. contains...
West Publishing Company (West)
majority opinion
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
17. Official publication
elements of a reported case
United States Code is an
General Digest
components of Statutes at Large citation
18. Regardless of how it may have been shown in the lower courts.
Secondary authorities are those that
Case citation - state
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the name of the appellant appears first in the case caption
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
19. A syllabus of the court
Statutes at Large
to update the status of a particular case
U.S. Reports contains
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
20. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are...
See - e.g. -
de novo
Case citation - federal government
21. S. Ct.
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The signal 'supra' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs)
To locate Statutes and Constitutions
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as...
22. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.
constitutional law
headnote or syllabus
bill
Periodicals
23. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
Federal session laws are codified and published in
slip opinion
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent
24. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
A.L.R.Fed.
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Administrative Law
25. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
treatise
Supreme Court Reporter
correct United States Code citation
26. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
A Uniform System of Citation
Dicennial
Digests summarize judicial decisions
components of a Federal Register citation
27. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Federal session laws may be found in
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code is an
28. Compiled by topic
parallel citation
summarize judicial opinions
United States Code is
1817
29. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).
unofficial publication of law
advance sheets
U.S. Reports contains
legal encyclopedias
30. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Computerized search tools
West Publishing Company (West)
dissenting opinion
31. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
de novo on record
procedural law
correct Constitutional article citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions
32. Legal encyclopedia published by West
correct A.L.R. citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
33. Into seven regions.
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
The National Reporter System divides the country
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
A.L.R.2d
34. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
primary authority
Citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
correct A.L.R. citation
35. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are "clearly erroneous" based on the record as a whole
1817
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Federal session laws may be found in
de novo on record
36. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
A.L.R.Fed.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Infra
37. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law
elements of a reported case
dicta
Case citation - business names
38. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case - Restatements of Law Published by th
United States Code is an
American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
key number system
correct legal encyclopedia citation
39. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.
precedent
Case citation - all other administrative agencies
court decision
American Digest System
40. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).
Cf.
Case citation - individuals
court opinion
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
41. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
secondary authority
components of a Federal Register citation
precedent
42. At the close of each legislative term.
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Statutes are published as session laws
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
decision
43. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.
Annotation
The first ninety volumes of United States Reports originally were compiled by seven successive - private reporters
signal infra
General Digest
44. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
Federal rules and procedures are
correct A.L.R. citation
opinion
A.L.R.Fed.
45. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.
correct Constitutional article citation
Statutes are published as
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use
U.S. Supreme Court Reporting
46. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
majority opinion
United States Reports
Federal session laws are codified and published in
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
47. 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
Case citation - business names
Cf.
substantive law
Shepard's Citations
48. Digest topic
A.L.R. Quick Index
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular
Case citation - Internal Revenue Service
49. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).
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50. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12
Procedural Rules - Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
components of Statutes at Large citation