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1. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
procedural law
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
correct citation of United States Code

2. F.Supp
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
F.R.D. contains...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
components of and A.L.R. citation

3. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
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.
incorrect United States Code citation
secondary authority
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in

4. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
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.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
components of Statutes at Large citation

5. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

6. The Federal Reporter
secondary authority
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
stare decisis
indexes typically

7. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
caption
The record of a court case includes
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

8. 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)
incorrect United States Code citation
session laws
dicta
unofficial publication of law

9. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
annotations
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

10. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
incorrect case citation
the signal infra

11. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
_____________ is an official publication
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
de novo on record

12. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
per curiam opinion
headnote or syllabus
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.
concurring opinion

13. At the close of each legislative term
Federal rules and procedures are...
Statutes are published as session laws...
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.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment

14. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Shepard's Citations
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
dissenting opinion
These represent secondary authority

15. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Law Week
United States Reports
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

16. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
key number system
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
common law
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as

17. 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
constitutional law
U.S. Reports contains
United States District Courts case reporters
stare decisis

18. 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
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
components of Statutes at Large citation
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
sequence of citations

19. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
date of decision
stare decisis
constitutional law
incorrect citation of a law review article

20. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
components of Statutes at Large citation
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.
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

21. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area
treatise
restatements of law
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

22. A proposed legislative measure
bill
U.S. Reports contains
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

23. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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24. Explanation of the subject
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
indexes typically
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...

25. 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
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
components of a Federal Register citation
slip law

26. 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'
on the record
United States Reports is cited as
American Jurisprudence is a...
United States Code is

27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
opinion
advance sheets
digests typically
de novo on record

28. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Statutes are published as session laws...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
cf.

29. Summarize judicial opinions
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
digests typically
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment

30. Statutes at Large
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
slip opinion
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...

31. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
contra
statement of facts
components of a Federal Register citation
holding

32. American Digest System
Federal rules and procedures are...
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
statement of facts
parallel citation

33. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
decision
correct citation of Statutes at Large
correct law review citation

34. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
memorandum opinion
legal encyclopedias

35. Official publication
dicta
holding
C.J.S uses...
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...

36. An explanatory note
West Publishing Company (West)
An annotation is
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
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

37. Reported selectively
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
slip opinion
to update the status of a particular statute

38. Result or disposition of the case
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
decision
de novo
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)

39. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
annotations
statement of facts
These represent secondary authority

40. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories
headnote or syllabus
correct standard case citation
codified
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)

41. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
F.R.D. contains...
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
stare decisis
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

42. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
slip law
common law
sequence of citations
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment

43. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
memorandum opinion
parallel citation
opinion

44. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g
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.
_____________ is an official publication
restatements of law
secondary authority

45. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
United States District Courts case reporters
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
digests typically

46. Typical case reporter
on the record
correct A.L.R. citation
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.

47. An index
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
_____________ is an official publication
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...

48. 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
United States Code is
components of law review citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
components of and A.L.R. citation

49. 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
secondary authority
session laws
per curiam opinion
dissenting opinion

50. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
United States District Courts case reporters
constitutional law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...