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1. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
2. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
to update the status of a particular statute
United States Code is
session laws
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
3. Products of West Legal Studies
slip opinion
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
American Jurisprudence is a...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
4. Federal Cases
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
correct standard case citation
Before 1924 - 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)
5. Published by West
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct standard case citation
6. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
headnote or syllabus
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal rules and procedures are...
7. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
contra
components of law review citation
8. The West key number system
en banc
U.S. Law Week
C.J.S uses...
majority opinion
9. Federal Rules Decisions
_____________ is an official publication
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
de novo
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
10. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
components of and A.L.R. citation
statutory law
headnote or syllabus
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
11. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Federal rules and procedures are...
stare decisis
advance sheets
12. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
F.R.D. contains...
A.L.R. is filled with...
components of a standard case citation
13. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
per curiam opinion
common law
court opinion
procedural law
14. Primary authority
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
15. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
correct legal encyclopedia citation
An annotation is
Supreme Court Reporter
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
16. American Digest System
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.
United States Reports is cited as
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
17. A proposed legislative measure
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
bill
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
date of decision
18. What federal session laws are codified and published in
dicta
These represent secondary authority
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Code (U.S.C.)
19. Summarize judicial opinions
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
components of law review citation
digests typically
20. 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 signal infra
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
procedural law
21. 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
parallel citation
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
22. A syllabus of the court
U.S. Reports contains
components of and A.L.R. citation
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
cf.
23. Digest topic
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
en banc
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
24. 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.
cf.
legal encyclopedias
substantive law
see generally
25. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
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.
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
opinion
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
26. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
components of a Federal Register citation
correct Federal Register citation
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
27. Selected decisions
stare decisis
annotations
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
28. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect case citation
sequence of citations
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
29. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
correct legal encyclopedia citation
30. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
U.S. Law Week
National Reporter System
separation of powers
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
31. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
United States Reports
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
A.L.R. is filled with...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
32. Presidential proclamations
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
33. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
advance sheets
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
unofficial publication of law
see generally
34. Typical case reporter
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
headnote or syllabus
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
U.S. Reports contains
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
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
U.S. Reports contains
components of United States Code citation
correct citation of United States Code
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.
constitutional law
correct Federal Register citation
components of a standard case citation
United States Reports
37. 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
components of a standard case citation
parallel citation
sequence of citations
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
38. 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
correct citation of United States Code
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
39. Compiled chronologically
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Statutes at Large is
40. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
A.L.R. is filled with...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
41. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
The record of a court case includes
see generally
42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
dissenting opinion
to update the status of a particular statute
session laws
en banc
43. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
Federal Rules of Evidence
treatise
legal dictionaries
These represent secondary authority
44. Shepard's Citations is used
court opinion
West Publishing Company (West)
to update the status of a particular case
components of a Federal Register citation
45. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
46. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
de novo on record
primary authority
the signal infra
47. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
An unofficial publication is any publication
48. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
Statutes are published as session laws...
opinion
secondary authority
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
49. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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50. Extensive selected annotations
slip opinion
components of and A.L.R. citation
A.L.R. is filled with...
the signal infra