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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
incorrect legal dictionary citation
The record of a court case includes
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
2. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
codified
F.R.D. contains...
court decision
3. The West key number system
memorandum opinion
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
C.J.S uses...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
4. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
statement of facts
incorrect United States Code citation
5. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
unofficial publication of law
slip opinion
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
United States District Courts case reporters
6. Encyclopedia
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.
restatements of law
American Jurisprudence is a...
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
correct Federal Register citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
8. Secondary authority
Federal Rules of Evidence
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
advance sheets
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
9. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
Statutes at Large is
see - e.g.
procedural law
U.S. Reports contains
10. Digest topic
correct law review citation
stare decisis
session laws
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
11. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
on the record
Statutes at Large is
12. 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 Code of Federal Regulations citation
Federal session laws may be found in...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
F.R.D. contains...
13. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
These represent secondary authority
United States District Courts case reporters
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
14. Compiled chronologically
Federal rules and procedures are...
majority opinion
incorrect United States Code citation
Statutes at Large is
15. Infra
16. An index
en banc
Executive orders are...
key number system
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
17. 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.
concurring opinion
U.S. Reports contains
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
18. Case law
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
precedent
19. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
correct citation of United States Code
de novo
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
The record of a court case includes
20. Official publication
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
advance sheets
incorrect case citation
21. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'
on the record
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
secondary authority
22. Statutes at Large
Federal rules and procedures are...
Federal session laws may be found in...
dissenting opinion
correct citation of Statutes at Large
23. Restatement (of law)
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
common law
parallel citation
A.L.R. is filled with...
24. 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
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.
incorrect case citation
American Law Reports
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
25. Published by Lawyers Co-op
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
session laws
rationale
26. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
date of decision
These represent secondary authority
dicta
decision
27. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
secondary 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.
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
28. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
court decision
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
components of a Federal Register citation
29. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
holding
codified
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
TARP method
30. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
31. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
contra
United States Code (U.S.C.)
32. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
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.
slip opinion
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
33. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
en banc
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
treatise
34. Extensive selected annotations
Shepard's Citations
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
A.L.R. is filled with...
The record of a court case includes
35. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
statutory law
court opinion
precedent
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
36. 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.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
components of a standard case citation
constitutional law
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
37. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
caption
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
holding
38. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d
39. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
separation of powers
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
bill
official publication of law
40. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
advance sheets
rationale
components of a standard case citation
per curiam opinion
41. Summarized statute topics
components of and A.L.R. citation
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
indexes typically
correct law review citation
42. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
sequence of citations
Supreme Court Reporter
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
see generally
43. Digests
American Law Reports
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Supreme Court Reporter
Executive orders are...
44. 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
TARP method
restatements of law
components of a standard case citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
45. Typical case reporter
components of United States Code citation
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
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...
46. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
precedent
Federal Rules of Evidence
Supreme Court Reporter
47. Federal Rules Decisions
components of a standard case citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
incorrect citation of a law review article
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
48. 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
de novo on record
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
49. 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
correct law review citation
Federal Rules of Evidence
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.
An unofficial publication is any publication
50. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
West Publishing Company (West)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
session laws