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1. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
incorrect citation of a law review article
secondary authority
United States District Courts case reporters
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
2. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
TARP method
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
components of a Federal Register citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
3. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
C.J.S uses...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
separation of powers
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
4. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Statutes are published as session laws...
West Publishing Company (West)
5. 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 reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
legal dictionaries
the signal infra
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
6. Typical case reporter
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
statutory law
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
7. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Law Week
codified
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
8. Summarize statute topics
date of decision
American Law Reports
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
9. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.
United States District Courts case reporters
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
constitutional law
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
10. 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
constitutional law
American Law Reports
components of a standard case citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
11. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
12. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
sequence of citations
Shepard's Citations
treatise
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
13. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Shepard's Citations
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
holding
14. 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
opinion
Federal Rules of Evidence
indexes typically
per curiam opinion
15. A proposed legislative measure
bill
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
16. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
United States Reports
National Reporter System
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
17. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
caption
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
18. 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
sequence of citations
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
components of Statutes at Large citation
19. Precedent
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
statutory law
majority opinion
20. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
components of United States Code citation
court decision
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States District Courts case reporters
21. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
stare decisis
parallel citation
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
22. Presidential proclamations
to update the status of a particular statute
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
components of United States Code citation
23. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
C.J.S uses...
components of and A.L.R. citation
24. 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
caption
codified
cf.
the signal infra
25. 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
C.J.S uses...
American Law Reports
U.S. Law Week
statement of facts
26. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
United States District Courts case reporters
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
27. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
components of a standard case citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
stare decisis
28. Federal Cases
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
majority opinion
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
29. Primary authority
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
correct A.L.R. citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
30. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
per curiam opinion
memorandum opinion
date of decision
holding
31. State and federal
the signal infra
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
_____________ is an official publication
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
32. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
slip law
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
rationale
separation of powers
33. S.Ct.
headnote or syllabus
indexes typically
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
34. Statutory law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Executive orders are...
35. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
on the record
United States Reports
correct A.L.R. citation
36. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
treatise
bill
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
37. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
Statutes are published as session laws...
per curiam opinion
United States District Courts case reporters
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
38. Shepard's Citators
Federal session laws may be found in...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
components of a standard case citation
to update the status of a particular statute
39. Summarize judicial opinions
digests typically
unofficial publication of law
correct citation of United States Code
precedent
40. Published by Lawyers Co-op
star paging
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes are published as session laws...
41. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
star paging
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
42. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
star paging
incorrect legal dictionary citation
cf.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
43. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
TARP method
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
components of a Federal Register citation
44. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
components of and A.L.R. citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
court opinion
dissenting opinion
45. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.
majority opinion
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
substantive law
incorrect citation of a law review article
46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
Statutes at Large is
correct legal encyclopedia citation
The record of a court case includes
United States Reports is cited as
47. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
see - e.g.
parallel citation
correct citation of a Constitutional article
dicta
48. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
legal encyclopedias
F.R.D. contains...
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
components of a standard case citation
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.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
holding
components of and A.L.R. citation
concurring opinion
50. Seven
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
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.
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.