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1. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
United States Code is
West Publishing Company (West)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
2. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
National Reporter System
see - e.g.
Federal session laws may be found in...
U.S. Reports contains
3. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
components of United States Code citation
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
4. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
U.S. Reports contains
5. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
A.L.R. is filled with...
6. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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7. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
holding
treatise
de novo on record
TARP method
8. Legal encyclopedia published by West
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
TARP method
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
9. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
decision
Statutes at Large is
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
10. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
slip opinion
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
contra
11. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
American Law Reports
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
stare decisis
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
12. At the close of each legislative term
U.S. Law Week
elements of a reported case
Statutes are published as session laws...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
13. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
constitutional law
components of and A.L.R. citation
on the record
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
14. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Supreme Court Reporter
components of a Federal Register citation
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
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.
15. Encyclopedia
correct citation of United States Code
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
court opinion
American Jurisprudence is a...
16. An index
United States Code (U.S.C.)
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
star paging
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
17. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
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
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
common law
18. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
bill
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
restatements of law
19. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
indexes typically
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
treatise
20. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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21. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
United States Reports
legal dictionaries
date of decision
opinion
22. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
de novo on record
Statutes are published as session laws...
court opinion
23. Shepard's Citators
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Federal Rules of Evidence
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
slip law
24. Statutory law
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
West Publishing Company (West)
Executive orders are...
holding
25. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
holding
26. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
legal encyclopedias
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
treatise
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
27. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
procedural law
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
correct law review citation
Federal session laws may be found in...
28. 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
elements of a reported case
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
29. Result or disposition of the case
decision
correct Federal Register citation
constitutional law
dissenting opinion
30. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
Statutes at Large is
correct citation of United States Code
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
slip law
31. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Federal Rules of Evidence
secondary authority
32. Digests
correct law review citation
correct standard case citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
33. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.
court decision
concurring opinion
United States Reports
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
34. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
restatements of law
separation of powers
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
35. Name of the appellant
correct citation of Statutes at Large
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.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
36. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Federal Rules of Evidence
cf.
37. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
Federal Rules of Evidence
components of a standard case citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
38. Reported selectively
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
39. 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
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
statement of facts
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
dissenting opinion
40. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
stare decisis
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
41. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r
precedent
dicta
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
United States Reports is cited as
42. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
An annotation is
court opinion
43. 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
parallel citation
the signal infra
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
44. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
An unofficial publication is any publication
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
United States Reports
45. Published by Lawyers Co-op
components of law review citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
incorrect citation of a law review article
46. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
procedural law
TARP method
incorrect case citation
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.
47. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
An unofficial publication is any publication
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
48. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
headnote or syllabus
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
49. Compiled chronologically
Statutes are published as session laws...
holding
decision
Statutes at Large is
50. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
rationale
slip law
F.R.D. contains...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)