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1. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
F.R.D. contains...
2. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
West Publishing Company (West)
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
dicta
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
3. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
codified
United States Reports
rationale
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
4. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
cf.
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
codified
5. Legal encyclopedia published by West
treatise
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Supreme Court Reporter
6. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
majority opinion
United States Reports is cited as
session laws
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
7. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
National Reporter System
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
incorrect United States Code citation
8. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
incorrect legal dictionary citation
legal dictionaries
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
9. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
C.J.S uses...
headnote or syllabus
slip law
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
10. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
en banc
most correct definition of star paging
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
11. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
12. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
incorrect legal dictionary citation
opinion
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
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.
substantive law
per curiam opinion
see generally
components of a Federal Register citation
14. Statutory law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
elements of a reported case
Federal rules and procedures are...
procedural law
15. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
incorrect legal dictionary citation
en banc
16. 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
memorandum opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
dissenting opinion
sequence of citations
17. 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)
correct law review citation
unofficial publication of law
These represent secondary authority
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
18. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
secondary authority
primary authority
Federal rules and procedures are...
19. 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
official publication of law
per curiam opinion
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
sequence of citations
20. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
to update the status of a particular statute
statutory law
incorrect case citation
TARP method
21. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
advance sheets
American Jurisprudence is a...
correct citation of United States Code
court opinion
22. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
incorrect citation of a law review article
components of and A.L.R. citation
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
see - e.g.
23. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
elements of a reported case
correct citation of United States Code
correct citation of Statutes at Large
24. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
components of and A.L.R. citation
The record of a court case includes
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
25. Secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
slip opinion
unofficial publication of law
slip law
26. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
Statutes at Large is
contra
correct A.L.R. citation
de novo
27. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
en banc
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
star paging
see generally
28. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
per curiam opinion
court opinion
29. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
Federal Rules of Evidence
cf.
elements of a reported case
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.
30. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
components of Statutes at Large citation
incorrect United States Code citation
31. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
contra
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Reports is cited as
32. 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
primary authority
legal dictionaries
cf.
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
33. Primary authority
de novo on record
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
legal dictionaries
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
34. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
legal dictionaries
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of a standard case citation
35. 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
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
the signal infra
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
36. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
components of a standard case citation
caption
per curiam opinion
correct law review citation
37. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
most correct definition of star paging
U.S. Law Week
majority opinion
38. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
United States Reports is cited as
bill
caption
headnote or syllabus
39. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
West Publishing Company (West)
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
40. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
procedural law
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
41. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
substantive law
An unofficial publication is any publication
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
42. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
dissenting opinion
elements of a reported case
correct legal encyclopedia citation
43. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
components of Statutes at Large citation
decision
digests typically
44. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.
de novo
see generally
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
45. Case law
slip opinion
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
annotations
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
46. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
star paging
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
see generally
47. Selected decisions
memorandum opinion
holding
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
48. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
primary authority
correct citation of Statutes at Large
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
49. The Federal Reporter
per curiam opinion
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
constitutional law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
50. 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
substantive law
United States Reports
majority opinion
TARP method
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