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1. Extensive selected annotations
codified
Statutes at Large is
A.L.R. is filled with...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
2. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
correct standard case citation
memorandum opinion
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
An unofficial publication is any publication
3. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
key number system
Statutes are published as session laws...
4. Case law
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
American Jurisprudence is a...
5. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
to update the status of a particular statute
common law
U.S. Law Week
correct A.L.R. citation
6. 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
legal dictionaries
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
to update the status of a particular statute
sequence of citations
7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
correct citation of United States Code
restatements of law
correct Federal Register citation
Statutes are published as session laws...
8. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
United States Code (U.S.C.)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
en banc
9. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
advance sheets
majority opinion
An unofficial publication is any publication
10. United States Reports
American Jurisprudence is a...
incorrect United States Code citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
11. The West key number system
C.J.S uses...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
An annotation is
12. Seven
Statutes at Large is
see generally
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
13. Reported selectively
en banc
stare decisis
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
14. 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
Federal Rules of Evidence
parallel citation
components of and A.L.R. citation
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
15. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
Federal session laws may be found in...
United States District Courts case reporters
codified
primary authority
16. Encyclopedia
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
American Jurisprudence is a...
17. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
correct citation of United States Code
to update the status of a particular case
session laws
18. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
headnote or syllabus
Shepard's Citations
19. Selected decisions
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
C.J.S uses...
Federal rules and procedures are...
20. United States Reports
caption
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
_____________ is an official publication
21. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
slip opinion
star paging
cf.
22. Precedent
American Jurisprudence is a...
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
American Law Reports
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
23. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
United States Code is
to update the status of a particular statute
24. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
bill
to update the status of a particular statute
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
25. Shepard's Citators
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
advance sheets
en banc
incorrect case 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
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
components of a Federal Register citation
27. Shepard's Citations is used
statutory law
correct standard case citation
Supreme Court Reporter
to update the status of a particular case
28. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
headnote or syllabus
West Publishing Company (West)
stare decisis
29. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
majority opinion
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
decision
correct citation of United States Code
30. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
key number system
precedent
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
31. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
statement of facts
majority opinion
32. 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
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
incorrect case citation
precedent
33. Decennial Digest
see generally
The record of a court case includes
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
treatise
34. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
American Law Reports
United States Reports
digests typically
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
35. Infra
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36. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
see - e.g.
elements of a reported case
de novo on record
37. 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
Federal Rules of Evidence
components of Statutes at Large citation
separation of powers
en banc
38. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
United States Reports
to update the status of a particular case
39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
statement of facts
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
40. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
dissenting opinion
rationale
slip law
41. The date upon which the decision was rendered
correct A.L.R. citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
date of decision
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
42. 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
sequence of citations
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
opinion
majority opinion
43. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
Federal rules and procedures are...
Statutes are published as session laws...
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
44. American Digest System
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
bill
memorandum opinion
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
45. 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
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
components of and A.L.R. citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
46. 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.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
de novo
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
slip opinion
47. Typical case reporter
Federal rules and procedures are...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
legal dictionaries
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
48. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
components of a standard case citation
stare decisis
United States Reports
49. 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.
common law
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
the signal infra
concurring opinion
50. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
see generally
to update the status of a particular statute
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
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