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1. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
see generally
correct legal encyclopedia citation
elements of a reported case
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in

2. Primary authority
United States District Courts case reporters
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
common law

3. Typical case reporter
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
components of a standard case citation

4. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
headnote or syllabus

5. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

6. Statutes at Large
United States District Courts case reporters
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Federal session laws may be found in...

7. 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 law review citation
unofficial publication of law
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
de novo

8. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case
primary authority
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
stare decisis
indexes typically

9. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
National Reporter System
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
incorrect citation of a law review article

10. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
separation of powers
F.R.D. contains...
slip law
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.

11. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
correct standard case citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Executive orders are...

12. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
bill
star paging

13. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
American Law Reports
components of a standard case citation
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

14. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
National Reporter System
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
date of decision

15. 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.
session laws
de novo
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...

16. Case law
United States Reports is cited as
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...

17. Infra

18. The date upon which the decision was rendered
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
sequence of citations
date of decision
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

19. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
_____________ is an official publication
incorrect legal dictionary citation

20. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Reports
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
en banc

21. Summarize statute topics
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
_____________ is an official publication
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

22. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
stare decisis
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...

23. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
C.J.S uses...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
en banc
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.

24. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
TARP method

25. Reported selectively
court decision
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
primary authority

26. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
secondary authority
treatise
see - e.g.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

27. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
precedent
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
date of decision
parallel citation

28. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
court opinion
components of law review citation
common law
decision

29. An explanatory note
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
court opinion
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
An annotation is

30. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Supreme Court Reporter
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

31. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
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.
correct law review citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.

32. 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
West Publishing Company (West)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Code is
majority opinion

33. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
The record of a court case includes
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
caption

34. Presidential proclamations
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
constitutional law
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

35. Statutory law
contra
de novo on record
Federal rules and procedures are...
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

36. Precedent
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
incorrect legal dictionary citation

37. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
correct law review citation
precedent
United States District Courts case reporters
codified

38. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
slip opinion

39. The Federal Reporter
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
incorrect citation of a law review article
components of Statutes at Large citation
procedural law

40. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
opinion
treatise
unofficial publication of law
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

41. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
most correct definition of star paging
session laws
advance sheets

42. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case
secondary authority
bill
An annotation is
American Law Reports

43. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

44. As session laws
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
correct standard case citation
memorandum opinion
decision

45. Published by Lawyers Co-op
court opinion
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
statutory law
dissenting opinion

46. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
de novo on record
headnote or syllabus
incorrect United States Code citation
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

47. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

48. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
court decision
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
statement of facts
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...

49. Name of the appellant
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.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Shepard's Citations

50. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
unofficial publication of law
U.S. Reports contains