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?

the Federal Reporter
the Federal Supplement
the Federal Digest

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