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1. Compiled chronologically
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
Federal Rules of Appellate 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.
Statutes at Large is
2. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
on the record
correct A.L.R. citation
statutory law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
3. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
star paging
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
4. The West key number system
C.J.S uses...
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
stare decisis
5. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
constitutional law
to update the status of a particular statute
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
6. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
United States Code is
An annotation is
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
7. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against
correct standard case citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
annotations
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
8. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
key number system
U.S. Law Week
Federal Rules of Evidence
treatise
9. A proposed legislative measure
incorrect legal dictionary citation
American Law Reports
bill
to update the status of a particular statute
10. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
common law
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
11. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
memorandum opinion
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.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.
12. 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
star paging
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
Federal Rules of Evidence
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
13. Products of West Legal Studies
Statutes at Large is
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
components of and A.L.R. citation
14. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
bill
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
components of Statutes at Large citation
15. 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'
codified
on the record
session laws
holding
16. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
The record of a court case includes
sequence of citations
incorrect legal dictionary citation
17. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
concurring opinion
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
caption
18. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
American Jurisprudence is a...
statement of facts
19. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
substantive law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
An unofficial publication is any publication
incorrect case citation
20. Supra
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21. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
The record of a court case includes
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
United States District Courts case reporters
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
22. 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 legal encyclopedia citation
annotations
the signal infra
components of a Federal Register citation
23. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
legal dictionaries
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
24. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
parallel citation
United States District Courts case reporters
dicta
court decision
25. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
concurring opinion
legal dictionaries
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
26. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
correct standard case citation
slip opinion
substantive law
27. 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
common law
per curiam opinion
sequence of citations
advance sheets
28. 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
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
An annotation is
29. Shepard's Citations is used
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
to update the status of a particular case
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
C.J.S uses...
30. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
common law
components of United States Code citation
31. Federal Rules Decisions
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
decision
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
32. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
correct Federal Register citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
on the record
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
33. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
34. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
correct A.L.R. citation
components of law review citation
C.J.S uses...
35. 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
rationale
components of United States Code citation
correct citation of Statutes at Large
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
36. 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
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
restatements of law
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
digests typically
37. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
United States District Courts case reporters
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
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.
38. Presidential proclamations
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
United States Code (U.S.C.)
bill
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
39. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
de novo on record
U.S. Law Week
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
rationale
40. Published by Lawyers Co-op
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
to update the status of a particular statute
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
components of and A.L.R. citation
41. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
components of law review citation
on the record
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
42. What federal session laws are codified and published in
cf.
United States Code (U.S.C.)
de novo on record
components of a standard case citation
43. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
incorrect United States Code citation
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
_____________ is an official publication
per curiam opinion
44. Result or disposition of the case
F.R.D. contains...
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
the signal infra
decision
45. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
United States Reports is cited as
primary authority
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
U.S. Law Week
46. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
correct citation of Statutes at Large
components of a standard case citation
see - e.g.
slip law
47. F.Supp
United States Code (U.S.C.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
components of Statutes at Large citation
48. Secondary authority
session laws
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
49. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
United States Reports is cited as
procedural law
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
holding
50. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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