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1. Presidential proclamations
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
caption
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
2. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
unofficial publication of law
components of a standard case citation
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
3. F.Supp
constitutional law
components of Statutes at Large citation
United States Code (U.S.C.)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
4. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.
components of and A.L.R. citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
An unofficial publication is any publication
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
5. 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'
opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...
on the record
most correct definition of star paging
6. 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
official publication of law
statement of facts
7. Supra
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8. Extensive selected annotations
en banc
caption
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
A.L.R. is filled with...
9. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
key number system
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
C.J.S uses...
10. 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
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
dissenting opinion
11. 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
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
An annotation is
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
12. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
holding
to update the status of a particular case
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
13. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
court opinion
slip law
14. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
components of United States Code citation
U.S. Law Week
contra
15. Federal Cases
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
bill
concurring opinion
16. Official publication
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
statutory law
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
17. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Code (U.S.C.)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
incorrect case citation
18. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
concurring opinion
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
National Reporter System
19. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
contra
separation of powers
An annotation is
20. Encyclopedia
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
American Jurisprudence is a...
21. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
incorrect United States Code citation
dicta
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Code is
22. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
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.
dicta
23. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Statutes at Large is
TARP method
24. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
F.R.D. contains...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
memorandum opinion
25. 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.
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
components of Statutes at Large citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
26. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
annotations
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
codified
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
27. 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
the signal infra
incorrect legal dictionary citation
legal encyclopedias
majority opinion
28. S.Ct.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
slip law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
29. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
sequence of citations
advance sheets
American Law Reports
30. Published by Lawyers Co-op
memorandum opinion
slip opinion
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
31. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
United States Code is
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
American Jurisprudence is a...
correct law review citation
32. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
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.
to update the status of a particular case
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
33. 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
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
official publication of law
Federal Rules of Evidence
34. 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
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.
components of United States Code citation
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
35. Secondary authority
correct Federal Register citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
date of decision
36. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
concurring opinion
holding
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
37. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
An unofficial publication is any publication
treatise
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
38. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
correct law review citation
headnote or syllabus
correct citation of a Constitutional article
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
39. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
components of a Federal Register citation
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.
American Jurisprudence is a...
40. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
correct Federal Register citation
elements of a reported case
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
41. United States Reports
_____________ is an official publication
TARP method
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
42. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
stare decisis
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Shepard's Citations
primary authority
43. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
codified
components of a Federal Register citation
West Publishing Company (West)
44. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
concurring opinion
45. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
United States Reports
correct citation of a Constitutional article
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
The record of a court case includes
46. What federal session laws are published in
correct standard case citation
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Statutes are published as session laws...
47. Products of West Legal Studies
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
decision
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.
slip law
48. 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
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Federal rules and procedures are...
annotations
49. 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
C.J.S uses...
de novo
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
correct citation of a Constitutional article
50. Statutory law
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
_____________ is an official publication
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...