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1. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
date of decision
2. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
court decision
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
_____________ is an official publication
3. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
correct law review citation
Federal Rules of Evidence
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
4. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
components of and A.L.R. citation
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
secondary authority
5. 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
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
de novo
annotations
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
6. F.Supp
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
key number system
session laws
court decision
7. Compiled chronologically
Statutes at Large is
incorrect case citation
court decision
bill
8. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
slip opinion
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
A.L.R. is filled with...
holding
9. Official publication
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
components of a Federal Register citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
10. Shepard's Citations is used
to update the status of a particular case
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
opinion
F.R.D. contains...
11. Case law
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
United States Reports is cited as
12. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.
concurring opinion
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
advance sheets
13. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
legal encyclopedias
the signal infra
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
14. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent
dicta
opinion
C.J.S uses...
elements of a reported case
15. An index
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
_____________ is an official publication
correct A.L.R. citation
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
16. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
to update the status of a particular statute
U.S. Reports contains
17. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive
on the record
American Jurisprudence is a...
separation of powers
cf.
18. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
components of Statutes at Large citation
West Publishing Company (West)
19. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
incorrect citation of a law review article
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
United States Code (U.S.C.)
cf.
20. Published by Lawyers Co-op
statutory law
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
The record of a court case includes
21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
components of and A.L.R. citation
codified
22. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
United States Reports
precedent
legal encyclopedias
23. 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.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
24. Summarize statute topics
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
star paging
on the record
25. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
court opinion
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
An unofficial publication is any publication
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
26. Supra
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27. What federal session laws are published in
components of law review citation
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
the signal infra
28. As session laws
secondary authority
parallel citation
official publication of law
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
29. 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
common law
sequence of citations
incorrect case citation
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
30. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.
National Reporter System
session laws
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
en banc
31. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op
advance sheets
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
legal encyclopedias
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
32. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of 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.
incorrect United States Code citation
slip law
slip opinion
33. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).
unofficial publication of law
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
incorrect case citation
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
34. 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'
An annotation is
on the record
see generally
United States Code is
35. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
court decision
correct citation of a Constitutional article
An annotation is
elements of a reported case
36. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
per curiam opinion
TARP method
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Reports
37. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
key number system
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
stare decisis
38. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
dissenting opinion
common law
de novo on record
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
39. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
A.L.R. is filled with...
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
components of United States Code citation
correct standard case citation
40. State and federal
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
41. An explanatory note
An annotation is
National Reporter System
components of a Federal Register citation
advance sheets
42. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
Shepard's Citations
components of a Federal Register citation
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
components of a standard case citation
43. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
most correct definition of star paging
advance sheets
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
44. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits
The record of a court case includes
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
An unofficial publication is any publication
45. Typical case reporter
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
These represent secondary authority
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
46. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
West Publishing Company (West)
memorandum opinion
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
47. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r
see generally
precedent
procedural law
slip law
48. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
incorrect United States Code citation
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
stare decisis
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
49. Digest topic
treatise
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
A scope note tells a researcher coverage of a particular...
50. 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
slip law
components of United States Code citation
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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