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1. The West key number system
sequence of citations
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
primary authority
C.J.S uses...
2. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
key number system
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
rationale
see generally
3. S.Ct.
Statutes are published as session laws...
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
United States Reports is cited as
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
4. Restatement (of law)
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
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
dissenting opinion
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
5. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
primary authority
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
6. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
annotations
en banc
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
dicta
7. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
secondary authority
American Jurisprudence is a...
8. Summarize statute topics
indexes typically
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Statutes are published as session laws...
9. 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
stare decisis
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
de novo
primary authority
10. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
see generally
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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 A.L.R. citation
11. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
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 Code of Federal Regulations citation
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
12. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
separation of powers
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
court opinion
F.R.D. contains...
13. Statutes at Large
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
Federal session laws may be found in...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
constitutional law
14. A proposed legislative measure
to update the status of a particular statute
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
bill
15. Federal Cases
United States District Courts case reporters
to update the status of a particular statute
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
unofficial publication of law
16. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
The record of a court case includes
elements of a reported case
sequence of citations
codified
17. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
18. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi
official publication of law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
components of a standard case citation
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
19. Secondary authority
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
headnote or syllabus
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
unofficial publication of law
20. Published by Lawyers Co-op
court opinion
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
sequence of citations
21. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.
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22. 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
the signal infra
Statutes at Large is
incorrect United States Code citation
official publication of law
23. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
unofficial publication of law
National Reporter System
24. Published by West
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
correct citation of Statutes at Large
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
25. State and federal
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
secondary authority
26. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
West Publishing Company (West)
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
statutory law
Statutes are published as session laws...
27. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
American Law Reports
United States Reports
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
28. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
en banc
U.S. Reports contains
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
dicta
29. 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
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
components of law review citation
annotations
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
30. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
C.J.S uses...
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
memorandum opinion
31. 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
correct Federal Register citation
to update the status of a particular statute
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
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
32. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
per curiam opinion
secondary authority
caption
33. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
see - e.g.
common law
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
codified
34. Statutory law
indexes typically
American Jurisprudence is a...
Federal rules and procedures are...
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
35. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
American Jurisprudence is a...
American Law Reports
components of a Federal Register citation
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
36. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
sequence of citations
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
stare decisis
37. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).
correct A.L.R. citation
date of decision
slip opinion
sequence of citations
38. Products of West Legal Studies
dissenting opinion
incorrect United States Code citation
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
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.
39. Case law
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
correct Federal Register citation
components of law review citation
concurring opinion
40. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
components of a standard case citation
United States Reports
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
Federal rules and procedures are...
41. The Federal Reporter
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
on the record
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
42. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.
constitutional law
dicta
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
incorrect citation of a law review article
43. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
court opinion
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
Federal session laws may be found in...
44. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
correct citation of Statutes at Large
slip law
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
45. Typical case reporter
contra
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
constitutional law
United States Reports is cited as
46. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
_____________ is an official publication
correct A.L.R. citation
slip opinion
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
47. 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
correct legal encyclopedia citation
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
statement of facts
cf.
48. 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
incorrect United States Code citation
restatements of law
concurring opinion
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
49. American Digest System
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
incorrect case citation
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.
per curiam opinion
50. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication
see - e.g.
United States Reports
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes are published as session laws...
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