LRW I Citation UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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LRW I Citation UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Treatise - CORRECT ANSWER- Single or multi-volume books offering in-depth
treatment of a specific area of law
Law Reviews - CORRECT ANSWER- Useful for their detailed analysis and extensive
footnotes, these "academic" volumes publish ...
LRW I Citation UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Treatise - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Single or multi-volume books offering in-depth
treatment of a specific area of law
Law Reviews - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Useful for their detailed analysis and extensive
footnotes, these "academic" volumes publish articles on specialized or developing areas of
the law
American Jurisprudence 2d (AmJur2d) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ One of two national
legal encyclopedias - A...
Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ One of the two national legal
encyclopedias - C...
Primary authority - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Is the Wisconsin Administrative Code
primary or secondary authority?
American Law Reports - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ These texts give a detailed overview of
a specific legal issue by summarizing cases from multiple jurisdictions.
Northwestern Reporter - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ This regional reporter includes opinions
from Wisconsin state opinions.
Unified - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is bound to follow its
published decisions, regardless of district, because the court is this.
Circuit courts - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ This is what Wisconsin trial courts are called.
4 - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The number of appellate districts in Wisconsin.
, US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The full and formal
name of the federal appeals court that includes Wisconsin (as well as Illinois and Indiana)
Books Unbound - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ This resource - the online version of the
"Brown Binders" - is Wisconsin's answer to a state legal encyclopedia.
Motion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ To ask a trial court to do anything, a party has to file one
of these.
State trial court decisions - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ These court decisions are not
precedential and are not typically published.
Federal Supplement - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The decisions printed in this reporter (US
District Court opinions) are never binding
Dicta - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ These statements in an opinion are not necessary to
resolve the problem at hand.
Westlaw - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ This company's headnotes are written by editors and
linked to the key number system.
Shephards / Keycite / citator - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ If you find a helpful case, this tool
will identify later authority that cites it.
Red flag or red stop sign - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ In a keycite (or shephards) display, this
symbol tells you the case has been overruled or reversed on at least one point of law.
Apply a pre-search filter - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ If you are researching a legal question
in which only one state's law is relevant, do this to limit your results to the relevant
jurisdiction.
Cat /3 dog /p rabi! - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ This Boolean search will find the term "cat"
within three words of "dog" in the same paragraph as "rabies" or "rabid"
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