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1. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
incorrect legal dictionary citation
holding
bill
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
2. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
separation of powers
unofficial publication of law
United States Reports
opinion
3. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
F.R.D. contains...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
statement of facts
components of a Federal Register citation
4. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
sequence of citations
most correct definition of star paging
rationale
These represent secondary authority
5. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
precedent
components of law review citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
6. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
7. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
components of United States Code citation
C.J.S uses...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
These represent secondary authority
8. Decennial Digest
U.S. Reports contains
holding
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
9. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
date of decision
restatements of law
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
codified
10. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
primary authority
headnote or syllabus
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
11. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
de novo on record
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
secondary authority
statement of facts
12. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
incorrect United States Code citation
advance sheets
United States District Courts case reporters
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
13. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
American Jurisprudence is a...
correct citation of United States Code
incorrect citation of a law review article
14. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
procedural law
dicta
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
key number system
15. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
court opinion
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
unofficial publication of law
common law
16. Statutes at Large
correct standard case citation
Supreme Court Reporter
Federal session laws may be found in...
These represent secondary authority
17. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
official publication of law
advance sheets
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
18. 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
correct legal encyclopedia citation
contra
correct Federal Register citation
dissenting opinion
19. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
court decision
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
20. Compiled chronologically
caption
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
slip law
Statutes at Large is
21. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
substantive law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
22. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
holding
court opinion
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.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
23. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
TARP method
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
24. Reported selectively
Shepard's Citations
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
unofficial publication of law
25. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
bill
to update the status of a particular statute
sequence of citations
caption
26. Presidential proclamations
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.
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
27. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
stare decisis
Statutes at Large is
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
slip opinion
28. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
substantive law
correct law review citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
29. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
advance sheets
West Publishing Company (West)
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
30. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
correct standard case citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
legal dictionaries
procedural law
31. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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32. Summarize judicial opinions
digests typically
most correct definition of star paging
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
33. Statutes at Large
de novo
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
components of law review citation
to update the status of a particular case
34. 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
correct citation of a Constitutional article
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
United States Reports
components of a standard case citation
35. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
elements of a reported case
Supreme Court Reporter
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
36. Published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
on the record
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
37. 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
session laws
restatements of law
correct citation of a Constitutional article
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.
38. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
majority opinion
These represent secondary authority
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
advance sheets
39. The Federal Reporter
TARP method
per curiam opinion
most correct definition of star paging
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
40. Result or disposition of the case
decision
Federal Rules of Evidence
restatements of law
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
41. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
treatise
U.S. Law Week
42. Published by West
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
An unofficial publication is any publication
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
43. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
secondary authority
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
United States Reports is cited as
correct A.L.R. citation
44. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
correct citation of a Constitutional article
court opinion
Executive orders are...
45. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
treatise
Federal session laws may be found in...
correct Federal Register citation
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
per curiam opinion
correct citation of United States Code
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
47. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
date of decision
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
48. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
correct standard case citation
49. Secondary authority
F.R.D. contains...
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
50. 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
advance sheets
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
caption
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure