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1. 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
TARP method
annotations
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
correct citation of United States Code
2. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
see generally
caption
correct A.L.R. citation
3. The Federal Reporter
incorrect case citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
An annotation is
most correct definition of star paging
4. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
components of a Federal Register citation
5. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
parallel citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
see - e.g.
6. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
primary authority
court opinion
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
annotations
7. The West key number system
An annotation is
to update the status of a particular case
C.J.S uses...
correct standard case citation
8. Legal encyclopedia published by West
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Federal Rules of Evidence
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
9. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Federal session laws may be found in...
National Reporter System
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
10. Digests
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
components of and A.L.R. citation
key number system
11. 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
components of United States Code citation
West Publishing Company (West)
procedural law
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.
12. 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)
unofficial publication of law
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
U.S. Law Week
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
13. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
F.R.D. contains...
to update the status of a particular case
advance sheets
14. Result or disposition of the case
An annotation is
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
decision
15. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
indexes typically
unofficial publication of law
The record of a court case includes
United States Reports
16. American Digest System
American Jurisprudence is a...
components of law review citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
17. Typical case reporter
rationale
majority opinion
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
18. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
correct Federal Register citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
date of decision
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
19. Summarize statute topics
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
correct standard case citation
advance sheets
20. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
correct standard case citation
U.S. Law Week
procedural law
21. Decennial Digest
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
components of a standard case citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
22. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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23. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
components of Statutes at Large citation
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
24. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
C.J.S uses...
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.
components of Statutes at Large citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
25. What federal session laws are published in
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
primary authority
procedural law
26. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
correct citation of United States Code
caption
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
incorrect citation of a law review article
27. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
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.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
see generally
substantive law
28. 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.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
components of Statutes at Large citation
de novo
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
29. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
slip opinion
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
digests typically
30. An index
codified
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
31. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
sequence of citations
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
32. 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
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
court opinion
33. Products of West Legal Studies
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
slip law
34. 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
official publication of law
correct legal encyclopedia citation
digests typically
components of and A.L.R. citation
35. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
en banc
The record of a court case includes
United States Code (U.S.C.)
36. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
correct Federal Register citation
37. 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
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
cf.
correct Federal Register citation
key number system
38. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
39. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
TARP method
United States Code is
session laws
see - e.g.
40. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g
Federal rules and procedures are...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
restatements of law
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
41. 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
precedent
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
A.L.R. is filled with...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
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
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
dissenting opinion
majority opinion
43. Digest topic
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
44. U.S.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Reports is cited as
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.
45. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Federal Rules of Evidence
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
46. 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.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
digests typically
West Publishing Company (West)
concurring opinion
47. A proposed legislative measure
unofficial publication of law
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
bill
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
48. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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49. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
stare decisis
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
United States Code is
50. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
Supreme Court Reporter
correct law review citation
correct legal encyclopedia citation
slip law