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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Reports
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
2. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
annotations
incorrect case citation
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
3. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
4. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
rationale
United States Reports
caption
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
5. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
holding
United States Code (U.S.C.)
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
codified
6. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
annotations
rationale
see generally
7. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
parallel citation
American Law Reports
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
8. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
cf.
These represent secondary authority
_____________ is an official publication
9. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
session laws
TARP method
10. 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
majority opinion
incorrect legal dictionary citation
contra
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
11. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
majority opinion
headnote or syllabus
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
advance sheets
12. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
13. Selected decisions
Federal session laws may be found in...
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Federal rules and procedures are...
key number system
14. An explanatory note
correct Federal Register citation
statement of facts
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
An annotation is
15. Products of West Legal Studies
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
16. 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
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
National Reporter System
components of a standard case citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
17. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
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.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
18. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
U.S. Reports contains
per curiam opinion
legal encyclopedias
opinion
19. As session laws
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
American Jurisprudence is a...
opinion
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
20. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
court opinion
incorrect United States Code citation
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.
concurring opinion
21. Restatement (of law)
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
elements of a reported case
American Jurisprudence is a...
components of law review citation
22. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
correct A.L.R. citation
treatise
correct Federal Register citation
23. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
correct standard case citation
court decision
dissenting opinion
24. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
incorrect citation of a law review article
The record of a court case includes
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
25. 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.
National Reporter System
contra
elements of a reported case
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
26. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
see - e.g.
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
components of Statutes at Large citation
27. Summarized statute topics
incorrect case citation
Statutes are published as session laws...
the signal infra
indexes typically
28. 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
components of United States Code citation
constitutional law
de novo on record
correct citation of Statutes at Large
29. 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
dissenting opinion
annotations
de novo on record
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
30. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Statutes at Large is
indexes typically
31. 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
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect legal dictionary citation
32. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
correct citation of Statutes at Large
on the record
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
components of and A.L.R. citation
33. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
These represent secondary authority
Shepard's Citations
correct citation of United States Code
primary authority
34. 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'
official publication of law
on the record
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
American Law Reports
35. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
National Reporter System
U.S. Reports contains
36. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
legal dictionaries
U.S. Law Week
see generally
37. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
caption
legal encyclopedias
indexes typically
38. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
Supreme Court Reporter
incorrect legal dictionary citation
court decision
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
39. 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
de novo on record
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
concurring opinion
40. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
American Law Reports
holding
correct citation of United States Code
per curiam opinion
41. State and federal
correct Federal Register citation
Executive orders are...
correct standard case citation
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
42. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
United States Code (U.S.C.)
correct standard case citation
TARP method
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
43. An index
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
components of and A.L.R. citation
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
44. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
digests typically
correct standard case citation
United States Reports is cited as
to update the status of a particular statute
45. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
F.R.D. contains...
see generally
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
46. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
An annotation is
TARP method
47. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
primary authority
48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
common law
contra
49. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Law Week
star paging
contra
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
50. Reported selectively
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
indexes typically
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
rationale
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