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1. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
United States Reports is cited as
most correct definition of star paging
_____________ is an official publication
treatise
2. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
dicta
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
United States District Courts case reporters
3. Primary authority
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
4. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
stare decisis
correct Federal Register citation
elements of a reported case
sequence of citations
5. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
U.S. Reports contains
procedural law
These represent secondary authority
components of law review citation
6. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States Reports is cited as
7. Official publication
An unofficial publication is any publication
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
digests typically
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
8. Encyclopedia
legal dictionaries
components of and A.L.R. citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
American Jurisprudence is a...
9. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
slip opinion
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
10. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
F.R.D. contains...
procedural law
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
11. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
to update the status of a particular statute
United States District Courts case reporters
Federal Rules of Evidence
components of law review citation
12. Digest topic
substantive law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
the signal infra
codified
13. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
American Jurisprudence is a...
precedent
constitutional law
14. 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
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
These represent secondary authority
official publication of law
components of a standard case citation
15. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
correct legal encyclopedia citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
16. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
F.R.D. contains...
components of a standard case citation
bill
17. 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.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
National Reporter System
caption
en banc
18. Name of the appellant
to update the status of a particular statute
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.
TARP method
session laws
19. 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
dissenting opinion
official publication of law
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
headnote or syllabus
20. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
_____________ is an official publication
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
21. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
dicta
to update the status of a particular statute
star paging
components of Statutes at Large citation
22. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
The record of a court case includes
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
United States Reports
incorrect citation of a law review article
23. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
elements of a reported case
en banc
24. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
on the record
American Jurisprudence is a...
25. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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26. Seven
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
date of decision
Shepard's Citations
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
27. An explanatory note
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
most correct definition of star paging
United States Code (U.S.C.)
An annotation is
28. Selected decisions
stare decisis
codified
correct standard case citation
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
29. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
dicta
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
30. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
stare decisis
components of Statutes at Large citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
31. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
to update the status of a particular case
parallel citation
32. 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
annotations
majority opinion
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
33. S.Ct.
dissenting opinion
correct standard case citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
procedural law
34. The date upon which the decision was rendered
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
date of decision
United States District Courts case reporters
35. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
to update the status of a particular statute
procedural law
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
36. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
F.R.D. contains...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
components of Statutes at Large citation
American Jurisprudence is a...
37. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
codified
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
38. 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
incorrect legal dictionary citation
date of decision
United States Reports
39. 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
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
to update the status of a particular case
F.R.D. contains...
40. Digests
statement of facts
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
components of a Federal Register citation
41. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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42. Statutes at Large
correct Federal Register citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Federal session laws may be found in...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
43. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
statutory law
concurring opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation
44. Summarize judicial opinions
An annotation is
TARP method
digests typically
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
45. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
correct A.L.R. citation
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
correct citation of United States Code
decision
46. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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47. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
precedent
Executive orders are...
headnote or syllabus
United States Code is
48. 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'
C.J.S uses...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
on the record
indexes typically
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.
see - e.g.
concurring opinion
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.
United States Reports
50. 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
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
de novo on record
star paging