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1. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
elements of a reported case
An annotation is
bill
F.R.D. contains...
2. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
West Publishing Company (West)
3. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
the signal infra
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
4. 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
key number system
components of a Federal Register citation
The record of a court case includes
5. Compiled by topic
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
United States Code is
6. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
United States Code is
unofficial publication of law
dicta
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
7. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
correct law review citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
en banc
annotations
8. At the close of each legislative term
components of law review citation
precedent
Statutes are published as session laws...
to update the status of a particular case
9. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
F.R.D. contains...
de novo
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
10. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
The record of a court case includes
common law
11. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States District Courts case reporters
components of a standard case citation
court decision
12. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
digests typically
United States Reports
codified
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
13. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
common law
United States District Courts case reporters
An annotation is
14. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
components of a standard case citation
most correct definition of star paging
date of decision
components of United States Code citation
15. 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
legal encyclopedias
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
correct legal encyclopedia citation
de novo on record
16. 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
components of a standard case citation
American Law Reports
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
17. Encyclopedia
common law
American Law Reports
American Jurisprudence is a...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
18. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
components of a Federal Register citation
secondary authority
19. Result or disposition of the case
decision
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
annotations
20. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
memorandum opinion
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
majority opinion
see generally
21. Digest topic
incorrect United States Code citation
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
22. 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.
date of decision
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
National Reporter System
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
23. Decennial Digest
Shepard's Citations
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
incorrect United States Code citation
see - e.g.
24. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
United States Reports is cited as
opinion
separation of powers
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
25. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
per curiam opinion
majority opinion
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
26. U.S.
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.
United States Reports is cited as
C.J.S uses...
American Law Reports
27. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
correct standard case citation
United States District Courts case reporters
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
28. Products of West Legal Studies
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
correct citation of Statutes at Large
The record of a court case includes
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
29. F.Supp
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
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.
per curiam opinion
30. 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
American Law Reports
on the record
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
procedural law
31. As session laws
United States Code (U.S.C.)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Federal Rules of Evidence
annotations
32. 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'
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
separation of powers
on the record
33. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
the signal infra
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
correct citation of Statutes at Large
34. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
incorrect case citation
correct citation of Statutes at Large
35. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
36. Shepard's Citations is used
TARP method
to update the status of a particular case
incorrect United States Code citation
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
37. Secondary authority
correct Federal Register citation
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
38. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
U.S. Law Week
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
the signal infra
39. Published by Lawyers Co-op
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
40. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
unofficial publication of law
U.S. Reports contains
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
incorrect case citation
41. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
correct law review citation
components of and A.L.R. citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
42. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
official publication of law
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
to update the status of a particular statute
en banc
43. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
dicta
to update the status of a particular statute
opinion
legal dictionaries
44. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
statement of facts
U.S. Reports contains
45. Restatement (of law)
Executive orders are...
incorrect legal dictionary 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
cf.
46. The date upon which the decision was rendered
date of decision
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
on the record
correct citation of a Constitutional article
47. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
American Jurisprudence is a...
see generally
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
48. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
court decision
correct Federal Register citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
49. The West key number system
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
annotations
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
C.J.S uses...
50. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
court decision
correct legal encyclopedia citation
see - e.g.
Federal rules and procedures are...