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1. 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
restatements of law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters

2. Compiled by topic
National Reporter System
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)
session laws
United States Code is

3. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
holding
key number system
date of decision

4. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
components of and A.L.R. citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
substantive law

5. A syllabus of the court
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
U.S. Reports contains
elements of a reported case
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.

6. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
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.
components of a Federal Register citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
The record of a court case includes

7. Primary authority
C.J.S uses...
components of law review citation
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
correct standard case citation

8. Digests
incorrect legal dictionary citation
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
legal encyclopedias
dissenting opinion

9. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
correct citation of a Constitutional article
holding
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
correct Federal Register citation

10. 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
on the record
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
treatise

11. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
dicta
official publication of law

12. At the close of each legislative term
Supreme Court Reporter
TARP method
Statutes are published as session laws...
statement of facts

13. An explanatory note
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
components of United States Code citation
An annotation is
correct Federal Register citation

14. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
court opinion
substantive law

15. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
American Jurisprudence is a...
incorrect citation of a law review article
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.

16. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
Shepard's Citations
incorrect citation of a law review article
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
An unofficial publication is any publication

17. Name of the appellant
separation of powers
de novo
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.
precedent

18. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Federal rules and procedures are...
United States Reports is cited as
codified
key number system

19. 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
cf.
session laws
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...

20. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
statement of facts
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
slip opinion
Statutes at Large is

21. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
per curiam opinion
secondary authority
incorrect case citation

22. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
statement of facts
court decision
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
concurring opinion

23. An index
U.S. Reports contains
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...

24. The date upon which the decision was rendered
digests typically
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
American Jurisprudence is a...
date of decision

25. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
parallel citation
legal encyclopedias
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.

26. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
separation of powers
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
de novo

27. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

28. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
components of law review citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

29. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
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.
statutory law
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
correct citation of Statutes at Large

30. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
precedent
advance sheets
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...

31. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
_____________ is an official publication
majority opinion
common law
Statutes are published as session laws...

32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
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 citation of United States Code
slip opinion
primary authority

33. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
sequence of citations
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
correct citation of Statutes at Large
incorrect citation of a law review article

34. 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
advance sheets
see - e.g.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
de novo on record

35. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

36. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
en banc
United States Reports
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

37. 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
C.J.S uses...
sequence of citations
Supreme Court Reporter
components of a legal encyclopedia citation

38. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
TARP method
session laws

39. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
legal dictionaries
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

40. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
incorrect United States Code citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...

41. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
see generally
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
rationale
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

42. 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
National Reporter System
the signal infra
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
date of decision

43. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
official publication of law
memorandum opinion
headnote or syllabus
procedural law

44. The Federal Reporter
Federal rules and procedures are...
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

45. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
Statutes at Large is
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
slip opinion
U.S. Reports contains

46. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta
to update the status of a particular statute
opinion
dissenting opinion
official publication of law

47. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
dicta
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)

48. Published by West
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
These represent secondary authority
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as

49. The West key number system
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
C.J.S uses...
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
to update the status of a particular case

50. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
per curiam opinion
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
separation of powers