Federal Case Law Researching
1. When citing a U.S. Supreme Court case, how many publications are cited?
one two three
2. In a full U.S. Supreme Court citation, which of the publications should the researcher go to?
always start in the official either one of the unofficials none of the above
3. Which publication contains annotations and briefs of counsel?
U.S. S. Ct. L. Ed. 2d
4. What publication contains U.S. District Court cases?
the Federal Reporter the Federal Supplement the Federal Digest
5. What publication contains U.S. Circuit Court cases?
6. What do the Federal Reporter and the Federal Supplement have in common?
they are both published by West neither one has a parallel cite both of the above
7. Reports and reporters contain:
full court opinions summaries of court opinions cases and statutes