The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted a rule of court specifying the contents and format for briefs filed in that court.
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Q. #2A.L.R. does not supplement its articles. Instead, when laws change, they always supersede the article with a new one.
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Q. #3The organization of a discussion in a predictive memorandum controlled by a code section is often based on:
A) the statutory requirements or elements of the code section
B) elements of a cause of action
C) case law rather than the code section
D) cases that have interpreted the code section
Q. #4A.L.R. Fed. contains discussions of federal cases while A.L.R. generally deals with state cases.
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Q. #5A quotation of longer than 50 words should be:
A) blocked B) double spaced
C) always included in a footnote D) never used
Q. #6If you find a case cited in American Jurisprudence and Corpus Juris Secundum you can assume that it is mandatory authority for your client's situation.
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Q. #7Phrases or sentences found in the discussion section of a memo, identifying the topic of the following discussion are:
A) issue statement B) causes of action C) topic sentence D) point heading
Q. #8Legal encyclopedias generally contain a descriptive word index.
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Q. #9In a memorandum of law based on case law, the organization of the discussion is often based on:
A) key facts found in the case law B) elements of a cause of action
C) issues found in the case law D) statutory requirements