Federal Court Decisions

Question 1

Case law for the most part comes from

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Appellate courts

Question 2

Appellate courts may be intermediate courts or they may be

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High courts of that state or court system

Question 3

An abundance of case law rendered by the

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U.S. circuit Court of Appeals

Question 4

The decisions of the appellate courts are contained within various _

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Bond volumes

Question 5

The bind volumes are published by different

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Law publishing companies

Question 6

A written decision rendered by a United States district court judge may be published in

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Legal books

Question 7

Legal books known as the

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Federal supplement

Question 8

Federal supplement abbreviation

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F. Supp.

Question 9

A decision rendered by the U.S. District Court judges is generally referred to by

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Name of the parties

Question 10

Decision names after parties example

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Jones v. Smith, 317 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D.IL. 2004)

Question 11

317 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D.IL. 2004)
Case in volume _ of F. Supp

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317

Question 12

317 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D.IL. 2004)
Case would begin on page

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820

Question 13

317 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D.IL. 2004)
N.D. Means

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Northern district

Question 14

317 F. Supp. 2d 820 (N.D.IL. 2004)
Parentheses tells you when

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Decision was rendered

Question 15

Volumes generally reach _ then begin again at one

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999

Question 16

Because they begin again at one, you will see _

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2d

3d

Question 17

Decisions rendered from US Circuit Court of Appeals are found in

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Federal reporter

Question 18

Decisions from U.S. Supreme Court may be reported in

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Three different reporting systems

Question 19

Each of the three different reporting systems are published by

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Different publishing houses