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1. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
F.R.D. contains...
precedent
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
correct law review citation
2. 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
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
3. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
correct legal encyclopedia citation
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
A.L.R. is filled with...
These represent secondary authority
4. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
separation of powers
annotations
correct citation of a Constitutional article
5. 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'
on the record
sequence of citations
precedent
procedural law
6. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
majority opinion
parallel citation
7. Presidential proclamations
to update the status of a particular case
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
8. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
United States Reports is cited as
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
9. United States Reports
official publication of law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
components of United States Code citation
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
10. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
official publication of law
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
concurring opinion
11. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
dicta
statement of facts
components of and A.L.R. citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
12. Extensive selected annotations
Federal Rules of Evidence
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
A.L.R. is filled with...
annotations
13. 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.
incorrect United States Code citation
National Reporter System
de novo
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
14. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
rationale
star paging
United States Reports is cited as
Statutes are published as session laws...
15. Digest topic
bill
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
16. Result or disposition of the case
holding
decision
Federal Rules of Evidence
F.R.D. contains...
17. A proposed legislative measure
components of law review citation
constitutional law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
bill
18. Summarized statute topics
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.
primary authority
indexes typically
incorrect United States Code citation
19. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Federal Rules of Evidence
to update the status of a particular case
20. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
constitutional law
correct citation of United States Code
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
21. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
elements of a reported case
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
22. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
indexes typically
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
C.J.S uses...
23. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
Federal rules and procedures are...
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
legal dictionaries
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
The record of a court case includes
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
constitutional law
25. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
on the record
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
court decision
incorrect United States Code citation
26. 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
the signal infra
cf.
Statutes are published as session laws...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
27. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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28. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
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.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
United States Reports is cited as
29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
substantive law
correct A.L.R. citation
Federal Rules of Evidence
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
30. 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
U.S. Law Week
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
court decision
components of a standard case citation
31. 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
West Publishing Company (West)
_____________ is an official publication
majority 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.
32. 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
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.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
parallel citation
33. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
United States District Courts case reporters
incorrect legal dictionary citation
34. Digests
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal rules and procedures are...
U.S. Law Week
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
35. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
procedural law
court decision
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
components of a Federal Register citation
36. An index
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
key number system
37. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
An unofficial publication is any publication
C.J.S uses...
indexes typically
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
38. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
per curiam opinion
statutory law
United States Code is
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
39. Reported selectively
U.S. Reports contains
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
40. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
C.J.S uses...
key number system
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
F.R.D. contains...
41. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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42. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
_____________ is an official publication
components of a Federal Register citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
de novo on record
43. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
West Publishing Company (West)
cf.
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
unofficial publication of law
44. Statutory law
procedural law
incorrect United States Code citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
unofficial publication of law
45. 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
United States Reports is cited as
elements of a reported case
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
stare decisis
46. Typical case reporter
de novo on record
parallel citation
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
the signal infra
47. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
rationale
elements of a reported case
official publication of law
Statutes are published as session laws...
48. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
caption
correct citation of United States Code
49. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
statement of facts
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
holding
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
50. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
restatements of law
session laws
U.S. Reports contains
bill