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1. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
statutory law
The record of a court case includes

2. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
en banc
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...

3. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
codified
indexes typically
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal session laws may be found in...

4. Summarize judicial opinions
correct Federal Register citation
digests typically
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

5. Statutory law
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Federal rules and procedures are...
cf.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...

6. As session laws
constitutional law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

7. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

8. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
unofficial publication of law
Federal Rules of Evidence
opinion

9. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
sequence of citations
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

10. 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
stare decisis
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
slip opinion
indexes typically

11. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
rationale
American Law Reports
Statutes at Large is
incorrect citation of a law review article

12. Selected decisions
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
unofficial publication of law
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

13. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Federal Rules of Evidence

14. An explanatory note
An annotation is
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
constitutional law

15. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
decision
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Reports is cited as

16. Official publication
correct Federal Register citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
constitutional law
to update the status of a particular case

17. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
decision

18. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

19. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
correct citation of Statutes at Large
de novo
slip law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

20. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
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.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
on the record

21. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
dicta
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.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
constitutional law

22. Statutory law
date of decision
Executive orders are...
dicta
court opinion

23. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
incorrect citation of a law review article
components of a Federal Register citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
legal dictionaries

24. Supra

25. U.S.
primary authority
United States Reports is cited as
restatements of law
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

26. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
common law
An annotation is

27. Shepard's Citators
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
U.S. Reports contains
unofficial publication of law

28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
The record of a court case includes
U.S. Law Week
to update the status of a particular case

29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
incorrect citation of a law review article
correct A.L.R. citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
components of a standard case citation

30. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
elements of a reported case

31. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
most correct definition of star paging
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
separation of powers
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)

32. Summarized statute topics
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
indexes typically
slip opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...

33. 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
most correct definition of star paging
dissenting opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

34. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
official publication of law

35. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
National Reporter System
incorrect case citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

36. United States Reports
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
_____________ is an official publication
Federal session laws may be found in...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.

37. Typical case reporter
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

38. 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
components of and A.L.R. citation
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
correct citation of a Constitutional article

39. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
opinion
procedural law
These represent secondary authority

40. 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
United States Reports is cited as
American Jurisprudence is a...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

41. Compiled chronologically
opinion
Statutes at Large is
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
incorrect citation of a law review article

42. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
the signal infra
incorrect citation of a law review article

43. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition
cf.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
court opinion
incorrect United States Code citation

44. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
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.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
de novo

45. 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.
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Federal Rules of Evidence

46. 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
U.S. Reports contains
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
advance sheets
key number system

47. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Federal session laws may be found in...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
most correct definition of star paging

48. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
Executive orders are...
date of decision
National Reporter System
slip law

49. Digest topic
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Federal Rules of Evidence
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
court decision

50. At the close of each legislative term
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
rationale
Statutes are published as session laws...
United States Code is