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1. Secondary authority
correct law review citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
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.

2. 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
_____________ is an official publication
restatements of law
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
correct A.L.R. citation

3. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
statement of facts
opinion
United States District Courts case reporters
correct citation of United States Code

4. Official publication
legal dictionaries
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
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 legal encyclopedia citation

5. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system
correct standard case citation
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
key number system
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

6. 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.
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
constitutional law
slip law

7. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
components of United States Code citation
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the

8. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Executive orders are...
correct citation of a Constitutional article

9. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
secondary authority
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
bill
U.S. Supreme court case reporters

10. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition
see generally
correct law review citation
U.S. Law Week
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

11. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
correct law review citation
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
U.S. Law Week

12. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
holding
rationale
C.J.S uses...
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

13. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
legal encyclopedias
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

14. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
common law
F.R.D. contains...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
constitutional law

15. Presidential proclamations
United States Courts of Appeals case reporters
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
court opinion
An annotation is

16. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
cf.
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Executive orders are...

17. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
legal encyclopedias
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
procedural law

18. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
C.J.S uses...
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
components of a standard case citation

19. Selected decisions
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.
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.
statement of facts
date of decision

20. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
slip law
key number system
Federal session laws may be found in...
correct standard case citation

21. Seven
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
contra

22. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
caption
United States Reports
indexes typically
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)

23. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
components of a standard case citation
per curiam opinion
Executive orders are...

24. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
incorrect legal dictionary citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
star paging
date of decision

25. As session laws
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
advance sheets
unofficial publication of law

26. Federal Cases
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
see generally
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
correct Federal Register citation

27. 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
de novo
correct A.L.R. citation
secondary authority
stare decisis

28. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
The record of a court case includes
The Federal Supplement contains only ________________ of federal district courts across the country.

29. Statutory law
concurring opinion
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
Federal rules and procedures are...

30. 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)
unofficial publication of law
slip opinion
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

31. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin
bill
see - e.g.
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)
most correct definition of star paging

32. Summarize statute topics
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
Federal Rules of Evidence
rationale
U.S. Law Week

33. Precedent
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
C.J.S uses...
statutory law
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

34. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
U.S. Reports contains
correct standard case citation
contra
date of decision

35. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
elements of a reported case
caption
en banc
These represent secondary authority

36. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
restatements of law
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
slip opinion
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)

37. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia
correct legal encyclopedia citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
American Jurisprudence is a...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation

38. Restatement (of law)
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
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
United States District Courts case reporters
en banc

39. 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
correct citation of a Constitutional article
American Law Reports
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.

40. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
Federal rules and procedures are...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the

41. 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
de novo
date of decision
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
the signal infra

42. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
West Publishing Company (West)
correct legal encyclopedia citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
separation of powers

43. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
incorrect citation of a law review article
caption
These represent secondary authority

44. 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
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 American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
date of decision

45. 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.
An unofficial publication is any publication
American Jurisprudence is a...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
de novo

46. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
incorrect case citation
Supreme Court Reporter
stare decisis
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...

47. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
precedent

48. At the close of each legislative term
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
slip law
Statutes are published as session laws...
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.

49. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
slip opinion
en banc
Supreme Court Reporter

50. Statutory law
substantive law
codified
components of a standard case citation
Executive orders are...