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1. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
memorandum opinion
elements of a reported case
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)

2. Statutes at Large
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
indexes typically
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

3. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
primary authority
court decision

4. A syllabus of the court
U.S. Reports contains
correct A.L.R. citation
A.L.R. is filled with...
opinion

5. Name of the appellant
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
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.
en banc

6. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
The record of a court case includes
components of a legal encyclopedia citation

7. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
headnote or syllabus
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
common law

8. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Evidence
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
rationale

9. State and federal
indexes typically
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
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)

10. The date upon which the decision was rendered
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
stare decisis
date of decision
de novo

11. Restatement (of law)
decision
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
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
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

12. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
correct citation of Statutes at Large
cf.

13. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Shepard's Citations
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
incorrect citation of a law review article
per curiam opinion

14. Explanation of the subject
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
stare decisis
official publication of law
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...

15. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
C.J.S uses...
slip law
de novo

16. Case law
TARP method
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...

17. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
most correct definition of star paging
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
memorandum opinion
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...

18. 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 National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
majority opinion

19. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
unofficial publication of law
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
see - e.g.
United States Code is

20. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
legal encyclopedias
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
holding
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)

21. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
TARP method
statutory law

22. Compiled by topic
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.
indexes typically
_____________ is an official publication
United States Code is

23. Statutory law
codified
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
Executive orders are...
incorrect case citation

24. Precedent
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)

25. F.Supp
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
Federal session laws may be found in...
to update the status of a particular case

26. 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
rationale
correct law review citation
sequence of citations
see - e.g.

27. Supra

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28. 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
statutory law
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
American Law Reports
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)

29. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
stare decisis
correct citation of United States Code
TARP method
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)

30. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
TARP method
procedural law
Supreme Court Reporter
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

31. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).
secondary authority
dissenting opinion
C.J.S uses...
correct citation of United States Code

32. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
incorrect citation of a law review article
U.S. Reports contains
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

33. Reported selectively
correct citation of United States Code
cf.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
correct Federal Register citation

34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
to update the status of a particular case
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.
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

35. 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
annotations
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Reports
de novo

36. 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
components of United States Code citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
The record of a court case includes
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...

37. Secondary authority
de novo
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
dicta

38. Statutory law
statement of facts
cf.
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Federal rules and procedures are...

39. 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'
components of United States Code citation
on the record
C.J.S uses...
incorrect legal dictionary citation

40. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
rationale
de novo on record
components of a standard case citation
incorrect legal dictionary citation

41. 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
restatements of law
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
annotations

42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
to update the status of a particular statute
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
United States Reports is cited as

43. Published by West
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
correct citation of a Constitutional article
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)

44. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
components of United States Code citation
legal dictionaries
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

45. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
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.
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

46. Selected decisions
United States Code is
the signal infra
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.
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.

47. Published by Lawyers Co-op
holding
star paging
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
legal encyclopedias

48. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
key number system
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)

49. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
slip opinion
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
The record of a court case includes
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.

50. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
components of law review citation
primary authority
see generally
West Publishing Company (West)