BLR Final Question and answers rated A+ 2024/2025 BLR Final
The official reporter/public domain citation for state cases will identify:
(A) the state from which the decision came.
(B) the level of court.
(C) the judge.
(D) A and B.
(E) All of the above. - correct answer D
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BLR Final
The official reporter/public domain citation for state cases will identify:
(A) the state from which the decision came.
(B) the level of court.
(C) the judge.
(D) A and B.
(E) All of the above. - correct answer ✔D
There is no state reporter that contains a single F.
True
False - correct answer ✔True
The year in parentheses in a case citation is:
(A) the copyright date for the case.
(B) the year the case was filed.
,(C) the year the case was decided.
(D) None of the above. - correct answer ✔C
It is necessary to select a specific case law database on Westlaw and Lexis
before you can retrieve a case by citation.
True
False - correct answer ✔False
When retrieving a case, on Westlaw or Lexis, using the citation you need to
use spaces and punctuation in the citation.
True
False - correct answer ✔False
Federal trial courts are:
(A) Circuit courts.
(B) District courts.
(C) Courts of Last Resort.
(D) None of the above. - correct answer ✔B
Federal appellate courts are:
,(A) Circuit courts.
(B) District courts.
(C) Chancery courts.
(D) Small claims courts - correct answer ✔A
The state and federal court systems are intertwined and cases freely move
from one system to the other.
True
False - correct answer ✔False
Using Huskie Search, the university online catalog, you can:
(A) identify print books available in the law library.
(B) determine if the book should be available.
(C) identify and link to digital/ebooks.
(D) be directed to electronic databases that contain the materials.
(E) All of the above and more. - correct answer ✔E
, Trial court decisions are only ever persuasive to other courts and the
decisions only bind the parties involved in the dispute at hand.
True
False - correct answer ✔True
Primary authority can be binding or persuasive.
True
False - correct answer ✔True
Which of the following types of secondary authority, if adopted by a court,
becomes a binding authority in that jurisdiction?
(A) Treatises.
(B) Restatements.
(C) Legal Periodicals.
(D) American Law Reports.
(E) Legal Encyclopedias. - correct answer ✔B
All common law is case law, but not all case law is common law.
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