LRW Citation UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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LRW Citation UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What is the purpose of citations? - CORRECT ANSWER- For reader to find material
easily: the court that decided the case, the year it was decided, the location
What needs to be included in a statutory citation? - CORRECT ANSWER- Date it w...
LRW Citation UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What is the purpose of citations? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ For reader to find material
easily: the court that decided the case, the year it was decided, the location
What needs to be included in a statutory citation? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Date it was
published, name of the code, session, and the legislative body/agency that wrote/published
the statute
WI Citations - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Post January 1, 2000: Public Domain, WI Reports,
Northwestern Reporter
Pre January 1, 2000: WI Reports, Northwestern Reporter
Federal Citations - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Supreme: U.S.
Appeals: F.2d
District: F. Supp.
Example WI Citation - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Glaeske v. Shaw, 2003 WI App 71, 261
Wis. 2d 549, 661 N.W.2d 72
Glaeske v. Shaw, 2003 WI App 71, flech 9, 261 Wis. 2d 549, 661 N.W.2d 72
When can unpublished decisions be cited? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Starting July 1st,
2009
The name of the WI reporters - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Public domain, Wisconsin
Reports, and North Western Reporter
The name of federal reporters - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ United States Reports (or
Supreme Court or Lawyers' Edition if unavailable); Federal Reporter, or Federal Supplement
En banc opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ opinion issued in a case that was heard by all
judges of a court
, majority opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Opinion subscribed to by a majority of the
judges who heard the case
concurring opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ An opinion that agrees with the majority in a
Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.
dissenting opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ opinion that disagrees with the result of the
majority opinion
de novo - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ anew
slip law - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The first place statutes are published individually
Slip opinion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ The first time a court's opinion is published
individually
Session law - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ Compilation of all slip laws chronologically
arranged from legislative session (statutes at large)
Per curiam - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ by the court, unsigned
Statutes at Large - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ U.S. Congress session law
Petitioner - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ the party bringing a lawsuit/appeal
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