Encyclopedias, law reviews, and treatises are considered this type of authority.
What is secondary authority?
100
This source contains federal laws in chronological order.
What is the United States Statutes at Large?
100
This source contains the official version of the South Carolina statutes, organized by subject.
What is the South Carolina Code Annotated?
100
This secondary source, of which South Carolina Jurisprudence is an example, gives an overview of every topic or area of law.
What is a legal encyclopedia?
100
This is the official reporter for the United States Supreme Court.
What is United States Reports?
200
Statutes, case law, and regulations are examples of this type of authority.
What is primary authority?
200
This source contains the official version of federal statutes by subject.
What is the United States Code?
200
This source is where South Carolina regulations are first published.
What is the South Carolina State Register?
200
This secondary sources publishes annotations that summarize multiple cases on a particular topic.
What is American Law Reports (ALR)?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! MAKE YOUR WAGER!!!!
Answer: Accept any four of the following: Index, Party Name, Cited in a Secondary Source, Cited in a Statute (Annotated Code), Cited in Another Case, Topic & Key Number
300
It is the option below that is NOT mandatory authority in South Carolina:
SC Statute
SC Constitution
U.S. Constitution
NC Statute
What is a NC Statute?
300
This source is where federal regulations are first published.
What is the Federal Register?
300
This is the official reporter for South Carolina cases.
What is South Carolina Reports?
300
This secondary source attempts to cover everything about a single topic or area of law in great depth.
What is a treatise?
300
Regulations are promulgated by these bodies.
What are administrative agencies?
400
Regarding the trial courts of South Carolina, the decisions of the North Carolina Supreme Court act as this type of authority.
What is persuasive authority?
400
Federal district court opinions are published in this reporter.
What is the Federal Supplement?
400
South Carolina cases can be found in which regional reporter?
South Eastern
400
These are the two national encyclopedias.
What are American Jurisprudence 2d and Corpus Juris Secundum?
400
In case reporters, cases are organized in this manner.
What is chronologically?
500
On federal matters, the decisions of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals act as this type of authority for the federal district courts in South Carolina.
What is mandatory authority?
500
Federal district and courts of appeals cases are indexed by topic in this source.
What is the Federal Practice Digest?
500
These states appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
What are South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia?
500
This secondary source provides summaries of cases in which courts have defined specific terms.
What is Words & Phrases?
500
The first printed version of a single court opinion is referred to as this.