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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
advance sheets
United States Reports
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
An annotation is

2. 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
session laws
components of United States Code citation
United States Reports is cited as
primary authority

3. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
United States District Courts case reporters
An unofficial publication is any publication
correct legal encyclopedia citation

4. Presidential proclamations
correct citation of Statutes at Large
Federal session laws may be found in...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
most correct definition of star paging

5. Secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
correct Federal Register citation
separation of powers
slip law

6. Statutory law
Executive orders are...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
Federal rules and procedures are...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

7. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
caption
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
U.S. Reports contains
correct standard case citation

8. 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.
American Law Reports
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
elements of a reported case
constitutional law

9. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
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.
primary authority
components of a standard case citation

10. A syllabus of the court
constitutional law
bill
advance sheets
U.S. Reports contains

11. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
American Law Reports
headnote or syllabus

12. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
incorrect case citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

13. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
correct Federal Register citation
These represent secondary authority
court decision

14. The West key number system
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
components of Statutes at Large citation
C.J.S uses...
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in

15. United States Reports
precedent
_____________ is an official publication
Statutes at Large is
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...

16. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
United States Reports
TARP method
en banc

17. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
incorrect case citation
caption
TARP method

18. As session laws
components of and A.L.R. citation
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
separation of powers
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

19. What federal session laws are codified and published in
to update the status of a particular statute
correct law review citation
United States Code (U.S.C.)
opinion

20. 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
contra
concurring opinion
de novo on record
dissenting opinion

21. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
see - e.g.
see generally
de novo
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...

22. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
The record of a court case includes
United States District Courts case reporters

23. U.S.
primary authority
United States Reports is cited as
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
TARP method

24. The Federal Reporter
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
star paging
sequence of citations
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...

25. Products of West Legal Studies
parallel citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
correct standard case citation

26. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
en banc
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Shepard's Citations
court decision

27. F.Supp
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
separation of powers
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained

28. Federal Rules Decisions
statutory law
components of United States Code citation
correct standard case citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in

29. Shepard's Citators
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.
correct legal encyclopedia citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
American Jurisprudence is a...

30. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
sequence of citations

31. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
C.J.S uses...
advance sheets
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

32. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
session laws
rationale

33. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
digests typically
stare decisis
F.R.D. contains...
most correct definition of star paging

34. Infra

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35. 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
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
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.
Federal Rules of Evidence
Statutes are published as session laws...

36. S.Ct.
components of a standard case citation
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
components of United States Code citation
U.S. Reports contains

37. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
unofficial publication of law
The record of a court case includes
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

38. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
West Publishing Company (West)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States District Courts case reporters

39. Summarize statute topics
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
bill

40. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
Executive orders are...
correct A.L.R. citation
to update the status of a particular statute
see - e.g.

41. What federal session laws are published in
legal dictionaries
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
holding
de novo on record

42. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
United States District Courts case reporters
see - e.g.
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
components of a Federal Register citation

43. At the close of each legislative term
concurring opinion
These represent secondary authority
codified
Statutes are published as session laws...

44. Restatement (of law)
court 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
statutory law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition

45. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
components of United States Code citation
headnote or syllabus
bill
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)

46. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
correct standard case citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
correct Federal Register citation

47. Reported selectively
advance sheets
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

48. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
see - e.g.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
majority opinion

49. 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.
A.L.R. is filled with...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
de novo
correct citation of Statutes at Large

50. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
U.S. Reports contains
star paging
stare decisis
de novo on record