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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
treatise
dissenting opinion
2. Summarize statute topics
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
star paging
3. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
TARP method
elements of a reported case
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
4. Selected decisions
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
en banc
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
5. Reported selectively
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
see generally
concurring opinion
6. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
separation of powers
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
primary authority
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.
7. Published by West
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
8. What federal session laws are codified and published in
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
components of a standard case citation
dissenting opinion
United States Code (U.S.C.)
9. 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
majority opinion
An annotation is
incorrect citation of a law review article
Statutes at Large is
10. Digests
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
incorrect legal dictionary citation
An annotation is
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
11. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
to update the status of a particular case
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.
treatise
Federal session laws may be found in...
12. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
caption
correct citation of a Constitutional article
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
13. Encyclopedia
American Jurisprudence is a...
statutory law
An annotation is
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
14. 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
secondary authority
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
components of United States Code citation
15. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
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16. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
advance sheets
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
court decision
17. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
court decision
constitutional law
incorrect citation of a law review article
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
18. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
concurring opinion
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
19. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
session laws
see generally
de novo
20. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
United States Code is
headnote or syllabus
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
legal dictionaries
21. 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 National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
components of a standard case citation
Shepard's Citations
the signal infra
22. Infra
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23. What federal session laws are published in
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
C.J.S uses...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
24. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
caption
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
stare decisis
25. Secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
the signal infra
components of a standard case citation
26. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
advance sheets
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
27. 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
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
incorrect United States Code citation
dissenting opinion
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
28. Statutes at Large
United States Reports is cited as
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
29. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Code (U.S.C.)
United States Reports
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Shepard's Citations
30. Decennial Digest
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
West Publishing Company (West)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
caption
31. Shepard's Citations is used
common law
to update the status of a particular case
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
the signal infra
32. Digest topic
F.R.D. contains...
dissenting opinion
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
Executive orders are...
33. The Federal Reporter
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
on the record
United States Code is
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
34. Primary authority
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
components of law review citation
35. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
bill
correct legal encyclopedia citation
per curiam opinion
36. Shepard's Citators
the signal infra
rationale
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
common law
37. Presidential proclamations
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
per curiam opinion
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
common law
38. Result or disposition of the case
decision
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
court decision
39. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
de novo on record
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
40. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
American Law Reports
holding
United States District Courts case reporters
substantive law
41. State and federal
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
precedent
procedural law
42. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
An annotation is
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
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.
43. 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
components of and A.L.R. citation
incorrect legal dictionary citation
cf.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
44. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
substantive law
correct legal encyclopedia citation
secondary authority
45. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
correct citation of United States Code
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
West Publishing Company (West)
46. 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
slip opinion
dicta
precedent
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
47. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
dicta
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
court opinion
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
48. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
elements of a reported case
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
dissenting opinion
49. Supra
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50. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
United States Reports is cited as
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
key number system
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...