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1. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
to update the status of a particular statute
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
TARP method
2. Restatement (of law)
United States Code (U.S.C.)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
court decision
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
3. 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.
rationale
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
constitutional law
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
4. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
rationale
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
5. 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
stare decisis
memorandum opinion
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
majority opinion
6. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
headnote or syllabus
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
An annotation is
7. At the close of each legislative term
slip opinion
American Jurisprudence is a...
_____________ is an official publication
Statutes are published as session laws...
8. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
slip law
opinion
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
codified
9. Encyclopedia
correct A.L.R. citation
American Jurisprudence is a...
cf.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
10. A proposed legislative measure
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Reports is cited as
court decision
bill
11. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
opinion
correct Federal Register citation
cf.
12. 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
correct citation of Statutes at Large
see - e.g.
incorrect citation of a law review article
restatements of law
13. 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.
C.J.S uses...
substantive law
parallel citation
date of decision
14. Compiled chronologically
to update the status of a particular case
C.J.S uses...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Statutes at Large is
15. Precedent
decision
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
common law
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
16. Extensive selected annotations
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
A.L.R. is filled with...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
17. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
session laws
Statutes at Large is
Supreme Court Reporter
Federal session laws may be found in...
18. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
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.
Shepard's Citations
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
19. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
These represent secondary authority
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
incorrect United States Code citation
20. Selected decisions
components of a Federal Register citation
official publication of law
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct A.L.R. citation
21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Statutes at Large is
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
memorandum opinion
22. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
codified
American Law Reports
An unofficial publication is any publication
substantive law
23. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
24. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
court opinion
constitutional law
court decision
25. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
memorandum opinion
dicta
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
26. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
star paging
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
27. Statutes at Large
constitutional law
official publication of law
Federal session laws may be found in...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
28. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Supreme Court Reporter
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
en banc
29. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
on the record
components of and A.L.R. citation
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
30. Statutory law
advance sheets
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Executive orders are...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
31. 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
dissenting opinion
United States District Courts case reporters
unofficial publication of law
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
32. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
holding
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
The record of a court case includes
official publication of law
33. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
TARP method
official publication of law
United States Reports is cited as
34. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
legal dictionaries
35. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
the signal infra
incorrect United States Code citation
components of a Federal Register citation
36. A syllabus of the court
treatise
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
legal dictionaries
U.S. Reports contains
37. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
Statutes are published as session laws...
slip law
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
official publication of law
38. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
incorrect case citation
restatements of law
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
39. Infra
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40. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
star paging
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
to update the status of a particular statute
_____________ is an official publication
41. 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.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
concurring opinion
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
42. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Shepard's Citations
United States District Courts case reporters
43. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
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...
United States Code (U.S.C.)
components of a Federal Register citation
44. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
correct Federal Register citation
correct legal encyclopedia citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
codified
45. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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46. 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
de novo on record
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
An annotation is
cf.
47. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
correct law review citation
These represent secondary authority
48. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
per curiam opinion
restatements of law
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
digests typically
49. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
Statutes are published as session laws...
components of law review citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
codified
50. An index
sequence of citations
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
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.