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1. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one
dissenting opinion
U.S. Law Week
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

2. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).
separation of powers
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
correct Federal Register citation
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.

3. An index
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Federal session laws may be found in...
elements of a reported case

4. Summarize statute topics
rationale
United States Code (U.S.C.)
separation of powers
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...

5. Products of West Legal Studies
unofficial publication of law
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)

6. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
en banc
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
secondary authority

7. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).
correct law review citation
en banc
American Law Reports
incorrect United States Code citation

8. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
incorrect legal dictionary citation
holding
common law
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called

9. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West
Supreme Court Reporter
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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 Code (U.S.C.)

10. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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11. Supra

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12. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
statement of facts
substantive law
United States Reports
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel

13. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.
components of a Federal Register citation
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
correct citation of a Constitutional article
North Western Reporter (N.W. or N.W.2d)

14. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).
court opinion
Until 1932 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
correct standard case citation

15. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
headnote or syllabus
Secondary authorities are those that contain a general commentary on or...
codified

16. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
court opinion
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
primary authority

17. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
contra
de novo on record
separation of powers

18. What federal session laws are codified and published in
Federal session laws may be found in...
primary authority
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
United States Code (U.S.C.)

19. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
en banc
Federal rules and procedures are...
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...

20. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge
dicta
sequence of citations
correct citation of United States Code
per curiam opinion

21. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
headnote or syllabus
memorandum opinion
star paging

22. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist
official publication of law
cf.
parallel citations generally are not provided for federal cases
incorrect case citation

23. 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
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
correct legal encyclopedia citation

24. Restatement (of law)
on the record
statement of facts
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
Statutes at Large (Stat.)

25. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
correct citation of United States Code
procedural law
parallel citation

26. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.
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.
legal dictionaries
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
United States District Courts case reporters

27. Federal Cases
Before 1924 - cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court were combined in
_____________ is an official publication
court opinion
to update the status of a particular case

28. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case
F.R.D. contains...
caption
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
indexes typically

29. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal
TARP method
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
per curiam opinion

30. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
These represent secondary authority
most correct definition of star paging
correct law review citation
correct citation of Statutes at Large

31. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case
elements of a reported case
correct legal encyclopedia citation
C.J.S uses...
holding

32. Slip opinions collected and published periodically
advance sheets
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
correct standard case citation
U.S. Law Week

33. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
opinion
correct citation of Statutes at Large
correct citation of United States Code

34. Extensive selected annotations
A.L.R. is filled with...
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.
A Decennial Digest is part of the..
procedural law

35. A proposed legislative measure
Statutes at Large is
bill
U.S. Reports contains
Shepard's Citations

36. F.Supp
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
de novo on record

37. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders
primary authority
headnote or syllabus
the principles stated in opinions of judges - to be followed in future cases - are called
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...

38. Secondary authority
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
statutory law
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...

39. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
court decision
incorrect United States Code citation
legal encyclopedias

40. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct citation of a Constitutional article
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

41. United States Reports
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
_____________ is an official publication
An unofficial publication is any publication
when a case has been affirmed - reversed or modified on appeal

42. Reported selectively
These represent secondary authority
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
holding

43. Summarize judicial opinions
correct citation of a Constitutional article
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
digests typically
components of and A.L.R. citation

44. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
Digests summarize judicial decisions - while indexes...
key number system
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
headnote or syllabus

45. State and federal
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...

46. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition is cited as
to update the status of a particular case
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
substantive law

47. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions
star paging
_______ are compilations of case law for a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.
statement of facts
A.L.R. is filled with...

48. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown
Federal Rules of Evidence
_______________ are published in the Statutes at Large.
parallel citation
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

49. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used
components of and A.L.R. citation
digests typically
correct citation of a Constitutional article
to update the status of a particular statute

50. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
components of a legal encyclopedia citation