LRW Exam questions well answers
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What are some examples of primary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes, case law,
ordinances, constitutions, agency regulations
What are some examples of secondary authorities? - correct answer ✔✔Legal encyclopedias,
law review articles, treatises, ALR annotations (+ Osbeck stuff)
What is the definition of primary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Binding law
What is the definition of secondary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Authority explaining the
meaning or applicability of primary authority
What is mandatory authority? - correct answer ✔✔Authority that binds the court's decision
What are some examples of mandatory authority? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes from the
state's legislature, state's appellate court decisions, U.S. or State Constitution
For which courts are appellate court decisions binding? - correct answer ✔✔All trial courts in
that circuit
What is persuasive authority? - correct answer ✔✔authority that does not bind the court's
decision, but the court could follow it
What are example of persuasive authority? - correct answer ✔✔Other state's statutes or
opinions, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, ALR annotations
, Are SCOTUS decisions binding on state courts? - correct answer ✔✔Not necessarily. SCOTUS can
also be persuasive on issues of State A's law unless it is directive to State A's law
What are some factors affecting persuasive value? - correct answer ✔✔Level of court
Date of opinion
Strength of the opinion's reasoning
Subsequent treatment by other authorities
Holding or dictum
Case facts to client facts
Number and reputation of the subscribing judges
There's shit you need to know from BlueBook but you can tab it yourself because . . . - correct
answer ✔✔. . . I am not your mother, scrubs
What is the federal ct. hierarchy from lowest to highest? - correct answer ✔✔District court,
circuit court, SCOTUS
What is MO's state court hierarchy from lowest to highest? - correct answer ✔✔Circuit court,
appellate court, SCOMO
What type of jurisdiction does SCOTUS have? - correct answer ✔✔Limited
What type of jurisdiction does MO's Supreme Court have? - correct answer ✔✔General
How many judges typically sit on the appellate court? - correct answer ✔✔3
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What are some examples of primary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes, case law,
ordinances, constitutions, agency regulations
What are some examples of secondary authorities? - correct answer ✔✔Legal encyclopedias,
law review articles, treatises, ALR annotations (+ Osbeck stuff)
What is the definition of primary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Binding law
What is the definition of secondary authority? - correct answer ✔✔Authority explaining the
meaning or applicability of primary authority
What is mandatory authority? - correct answer ✔✔Authority that binds the court's decision
What are some examples of mandatory authority? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes from the
state's legislature, state's appellate court decisions, U.S. or State Constitution
For which courts are appellate court decisions binding? - correct answer ✔✔All trial courts in
that circuit
What is persuasive authority? - correct answer ✔✔authority that does not bind the court's
decision, but the court could follow it
What are example of persuasive authority? - correct answer ✔✔Other state's statutes or
opinions, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, ALR annotations
, Are SCOTUS decisions binding on state courts? - correct answer ✔✔Not necessarily. SCOTUS can
also be persuasive on issues of State A's law unless it is directive to State A's law
What are some factors affecting persuasive value? - correct answer ✔✔Level of court
Date of opinion
Strength of the opinion's reasoning
Subsequent treatment by other authorities
Holding or dictum
Case facts to client facts
Number and reputation of the subscribing judges
There's shit you need to know from BlueBook but you can tab it yourself because . . . - correct
answer ✔✔. . . I am not your mother, scrubs
What is the federal ct. hierarchy from lowest to highest? - correct answer ✔✔District court,
circuit court, SCOTUS
What is MO's state court hierarchy from lowest to highest? - correct answer ✔✔Circuit court,
appellate court, SCOMO
What type of jurisdiction does SCOTUS have? - correct answer ✔✔Limited
What type of jurisdiction does MO's Supreme Court have? - correct answer ✔✔General
How many judges typically sit on the appellate court? - correct answer ✔✔3
