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Question 1
Assume one judicial decision quotes another judicial decision and offers as the citation: 428 N.Y. 236, 237 (1966). On what page number does the decision begin?
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Question 2
Assume one judicial decision quotes another judicial decision and offers as the citation: 428 N.Y. 236, 237 (1966). On what page number is the pinpoint cite?
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Question 3
Assume one judicial decision quotes another judicial decision and offers as the citation: 428 N.Y. 236, 237 (1966). In which volume is the decision reported?
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Question 4
Susan, an attorney who specializes in the federal Constitution, wishes to review Marbury v. Madison, a judicial decision issued by the Supreme Court of the United States. In which bound volume will she be able to find the text of the decision?
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Correct The United States Reports is published by the federal government and contains judicial decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Reporter and Lawyer's Edition are commercially published reporters that contain decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Incorrect! The United States Reports is published by the federal government and contains judicial decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Reporter and Lawyer's Edition are commercially published reporters that contain decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Question 5
Susan is concerned with finding the text to decisions that have cited Marbury v. Madison. She is specifically concerned with finding decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. Susan has a list of case names and knows they are from the United States Courts of Appeals. She also know that she can find the proper citations if she looks in the proper table of cases in the reporter that contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. In which reporter should she look?
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Correct The United States Reports contains decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The Federal Supplement contains decisions from the United States District Courts, as does the Federal Supplement 2d. The Federal Reporter 2d (and Federal Reporter and Federal Reporter 3d) contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. Therefore, (d) is the correct answer.
Incorrect! The United States Reports contains decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The Federal Supplement contains decisions from the United States District Courts, as does the Federal Supplement 2d. The Federal Reporter 2d (and Federal Reporter and Federal Reporter 3d) contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. Therefore, (d) is the correct answer.
Question 6
Susan is concerned with certain decisions from the United States District Courts. She has a list of both case names and citations, but one column of all of the case citations has been smudged so that all she sees is the name of the case, the volume and page numbers of the citations. In which reporter will she find the decisions she seeks?
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Correct Federal Reporter 2d (and Federal Reporter and Federal Reporter 3d) contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. The Code of Federal Regulations contains the regulations of federal agencies. The Federal Reporter contains notices issued by federal agencies. Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions from the United States District Courts. Therefore, (b) is the correct answer.
Incorrect! Federal Reporter 2d (and Federal Reporter and Federal Reporter 3d) contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. The Code of Federal Regulations contains the regulations of federal agencies. The Federal Reporter contains notices issued by federal agencies. Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions from the United States District Courts. Therefore, (b) is the correct answer.
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Question 7
While working on a high-profile case concerning the federal Clean Air Act, Amanda comes across citations to regulations passed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Wishing to review the final, codified regulations, Amanda goes to her local law library but forgets in which publication the regulations are contained. As the law librarian, to which publication would you refer Amanda?
Correct Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions from the United States District Courts. Federal Reporter 3d contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. The Federal Register contains federal regulations, but only those that are proposed or final, not those that have been codified. The Code of Federal Regulations (a) contains final, codified federal regulations, and is, therefore, the correct answer.
Incorrect! Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions from the United States District Courts. Federal Reporter 3d contains decisions from the United States Courts of Appeals. The Federal Register contains federal regulations, but only those that are proposed or final, not those that have been codified. The Code of Federal Regulations (a) contains final, codified federal regulations, and is, therefore, the correct answer.
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Question 8
While working on a high-profile case concerning the federal Clean Air Act, Amanda comes across citations to regulations passed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Wishing to review the final, codified regulations, Amanda goes to her local law library but forgets in which publication the regulations are contained. After finding the regulation most pertinent to her case, Amanda wants to review the original draft of the regulation, as well as the comments the agency received in response to their notice of proposed rulemaking. As the law librarian, in which publication would you advise Amanda continue this next leg of her research?
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Correct Federal Reporter 2d contains decisions by the United States Courts of Appeals. The Code of Federal Regulations contains final, codified federal agency regulations. The Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions by the United States District Courts. The Federal Register (c) is the publication in which Amanda will find the information she seeks; therefore, it is the correct answer.
Incorrect! Federal Reporter 2d contains decisions by the United States Courts of Appeals. The Code of Federal Regulations contains final, codified federal agency regulations. The Federal Supplement 2d contains decisions by the United States District Courts. The Federal Register (c) is the publication in which Amanda will find the information she seeks; therefore, it is the correct answer.