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1. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
incorrect United States Code citation
constitutional law
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation

2. Case law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
procedural law
see - e.g.

3. U.S.
United States Reports is cited as
An unofficial publication is any publication
precedent
TARP method

4. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
American Jurisprudence is a...
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

5. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
West Publishing Company (West)
components of law review citation
F.R.D. contains...

6. Compiled by topic
An annotation is
United States Code is
United States Reports
session laws

7. Statutes at Large
key number system
Statutes at Large is
U.S. Reports contains
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

8. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).
correct legal encyclopedia citation
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
primary authority

9. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute
the signal infra
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
to update the status of a particular case
date of decision

10. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
National Reporter System
correct Federal Register citation
An unofficial publication is any publication

11. United States Reports
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
incorrect legal dictionary citation
United States District Courts case reporters
bill

12. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
restatements of law
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
correct standard case citation

13. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision
slip law
elements of a reported case
bill
American Law Reports

14. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
treatise

15. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
court decision
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
Federal Rules of Evidence

16. The Federal Reporter
correct A.L.R. citation
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
stare decisis

17. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
headnote or syllabus
correct Federal Register citation
An annotation is

18. 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
sequence of citations
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
parallel citation

19. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law
bill
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
common law
official publication of law

20. Name of the appellant
contra
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.
incorrect United States Code citation
stare decisis

21. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
holding
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
stare decisis
United States Supreme Court Bulletin

22. Primary authority
rules of procedure - local court rules - executive orders - administrative regulations: all represent...
legal encyclopedias
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
slip opinion

23. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
contra
advance sheets
memorandum opinion
treatise

24. Statutory law
West Publishing Company (West)
Federal rules and procedures are...
cf.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as

25. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
see generally
stare decisis
United States District Courts case reporters
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

26. Reported selectively
stare decisis
U.S. Law Week
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.

27. 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
to update the status of a particular statute
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
en banc

28. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)
United States Reports is cited as
court decision
memorandum opinion
A.L.R. is filled with...

29. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Shepard's Citations
slip opinion

30. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
codified
slip law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
key number system

31. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs
codified
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
date of decision

32. Published by West
to update the status of a particular statute
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
star paging
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)

33. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
incorrect citation of a law review article
en banc
common law

34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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35. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal rules and procedures 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.
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...

36. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
holding
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
C.J.S uses...
primary authority

37. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
per curiam opinion
stare decisis
annotations
correct standard case citation

38. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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39. Supra

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40. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
components of a Federal Register citation
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
components of a legal encyclopedia citation

41. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Statutes at Large is
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in

42. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.
if a researcher knows the date when a federal statute was adopted the
components of Statutes at Large citation
National Reporter System
These represent secondary authority

43. State and federal
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
advance sheets
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
statutory law

44. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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 principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

45. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as

46. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).
see generally
incorrect legal dictionary citation
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
American Law Reports

47. 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
annotations
Federal Rules of Evidence
A Decennial Digest is part of the..

48. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
most correct definition of star paging
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
indexes typically

49. Compiled chronologically
substantive law
primary authority
Statutes at Large is
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases

50. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
National Reporter System
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment