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1. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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2. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
on the record
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
rationale
3. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
United States District Courts case reporters
American Law Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
4. Products of West Legal Studies
A.L.R. is filled with...
components of Statutes at Large citation
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
advance sheets
5. As session laws
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
dicta
American Law Reports
6. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Federal session laws may be found in...
correct standard case citation
see - e.g.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
7. United States Reports
_____________ is an official publication
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
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
8. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
en banc
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
opinion
9. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
memorandum opinion
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
to update the status of a particular case
10. Statutes at Large
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
opinion
the signal infra
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
11. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
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 are
United States Code is
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
12. Name of the appellant
In a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court - the _______________ appears first in the case caption - regardless of how the caption may have been shown in the lower courts.
star paging
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
13. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
contra
Federal Rules of Evidence
dissenting opinion
14. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
components of United States Code citation
correct standard case citation
primary authority
see - e.g.
15. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
per curiam opinion
primary authority
incorrect citation of a law review article
parallel citation
16. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
to update the status of a particular statute
separation of powers
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
treatise
17. 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'
on the record
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
C.J.S uses...
18. A syllabus of the court
The signal '_____' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs) to indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
U.S. Reports contains
to update the status of a particular case
19. State and federal
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
20. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
United States Reports
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
concurring opinion
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
21. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
cf.
United States Code is
bill
key number system
22. F.Supp
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
American Law Reports
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
American Jurisprudence is a...
23. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
American Jurisprudence is a...
24. Digest topic
advance sheets
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
de novo on record
25. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
statutory law
memorandum opinion
correct citation of a Constitutional article
26. 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.
de novo
common law
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
27. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
C.J.S uses...
elements of a reported case
Supreme Court Reporter
28. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
secondary authority
unofficial publication of law
United States Reports
the signal infra
29. 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.
correct citation of United States Code
constitutional law
holding
to update the status of a particular case
30. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
components of and A.L.R. citation
restatements of law
The signal '_____' is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.
31. What federal session laws are codified and published in
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
majority opinion
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
components of law review citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
U.S. Law Week
33. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
American Jurisprudence is a...
caption
legal dictionaries
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
34. Typical case reporter
session laws
United States Code is
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
35. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
unofficial publication of law
Federal session laws may be found in...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
U.S. Reports contains
36. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
slip opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
37. 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
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
statement of facts
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
primary authority
38. The Federal Reporter
restatements of law
correct legal encyclopedia citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
39. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
session laws
elements of a reported case
contra
40. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
components of Statutes at Large citation
to update the status of a particular statute
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
bill
41. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
Shepard's Citations
cf.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
slip law
42. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
correct citation of United States Code
Statutes at Large is
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
43. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
court decision
codified
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
see generally
44. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
majority opinion
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
stare decisis
procedural law
45. 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
annotations
official publication of law
slip law
components of and A.L.R. citation
46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
star paging
sequence of citations
court opinion
47. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
_____________ is an official publication
headnote or syllabus
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
The signal '_____' is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.
48. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
headnote or syllabus
caption
secondary authority
49. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
bill
The signal '_____' is used in law review articles and other textual material (but not in legal memoranda and not in briefs) to indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.
session laws
common law
50. 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
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
components of law review citation
U.S. Reports contains
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
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