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1. 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
slip law
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
American Law Reports
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.
2. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
unofficial publication of law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
codified
3. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
components of a Federal Register citation
rationale
4. The West key number system
correct citation of United States Code
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
C.J.S uses...
slip law
5. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
A.L.R. is filled with...
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
6. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
parallel citation
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Supreme Court Reporter
7. 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
see generally
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
de novo
components of United States Code citation
8. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct citation of Statutes at Large
9. 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
de novo on record
annotations
American Law Reports
These represent secondary authority
10. State and federal
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
correct A.L.R. citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
11. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
procedural law
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
U.S. Reports contains
correct law review citation
12. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
U.S. Reports contains
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
13. Statutory law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The record of a court case includes
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Executive orders are...
14. S.Ct.
An unofficial publication is any publication
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
en banc
Statutes at Large is
15. Case law
legal encyclopedias
codified
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
16. 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
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
incorrect legal dictionary citation
17. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
de novo on record
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
annotations
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 District Courts case reporters
incorrect case citation
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
secondary authority
19. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
majority opinion
legal encyclopedias
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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.
20. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
correct standard case citation
caption
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
21. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
correct citation of a Constitutional article
en banc
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
22. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Reports
correct citation of Statutes at Large
23. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
Federal session laws may be found in...
key number system
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
TARP method
24. Summarized statute topics
West Publishing Company (West)
most correct definition of star paging
U.S. Reports contains
indexes typically
25. Primary authority
bill
date of decision
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
26. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
TARP method
procedural law
common law
27. Seven
United States Code (U.S.C.)
en banc
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
28. Compiled by topic
United States Code is
United States Reports is cited as
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
West Publishing Company (West)
29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
correct A.L.R. citation
holding
components of a Federal Register citation
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
30. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
to update the status of a particular statute
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
caption
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
31. The date upon which the decision was rendered
An annotation is
legal encyclopedias
date of decision
stare decisis
32. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
constitutional law
treatise
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
33. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
correct A.L.R. citation
most correct definition of star paging
see - e.g.
correct Federal Register citation
34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
dicta
headnote or syllabus
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
United States District Courts case reporters
35. Published by Lawyers Co-op
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
key number system
36. What federal session laws are codified and published in
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
see generally
de novo on record
United States Code (U.S.C.)
37. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
components of a Federal Register citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
38. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
correct law review citation
components of a Federal Register citation
West Publishing Company (West)
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
39. What federal session laws are published in
The record of a court case includes
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
correct legal encyclopedia citation
concurring opinion
40. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
Executive orders are...
components of law review citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
indexes typically
41. 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
official publication of law
incorrect citation of a law review article
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
42. 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
United States District Courts case reporters
elements of a reported case
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
43. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
stare decisis
correct citation of Statutes at Large
sequence of citations
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
44. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
correct citation of United States Code
American Law Reports
elements of a reported case
date of decision
45. Encyclopedia
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
American Jurisprudence is a...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
holding
46. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
per curiam opinion
Statutes are published as session laws...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
session laws
47. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
constitutional law
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal session laws may be found in...
48. Precedent
treatise
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Executive orders are...
slip opinion
49. American Digest System
star paging
A.L.R. is filled with...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
court decision
50. A syllabus of the court
The record of a court case includes
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
U.S. Reports contains
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