Deck 4: The Coca-Cola Company: Debunking Coke

Question 1

Most court opinions have at least one dissenting opinion.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Case law is far larger in volume than either constitutional or statutory law.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Common law may be created when a court decision makes new law.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The syllabus is usually included in the body of a court opinion.

Question 5

Which of the following are not mentioned in the text as reason(s)for reading and analyzing court opinions?

A)To interpret constitutional and statutory law
B)To locate additional primary and secondary authority
C)To understand the litigation process
D)To gain insight into legal analysis

Question 6

A court opinion usually includes a statement of facts, points of law, rationale, and a dissenting opinion.

Question 7

The syllabus is prepared by the judge who wrote the opinion.

Question 8

In a case brief, it is not necessary to include background facts.

Question 9

Some opinions are difficult to read because the subject matter is complex or the court has incorrectly interpreted the law.

Question 10

Key numbers indicate the area of law addressed in the headnote.

Question 11

Court decisions available through court Web sites are referred to as parallel citations .

Question 12

Digests contain summaries of court opinions organized by topic and subtopic.

Question 13

Headnotes are prepared by the judge who wrote the opinion.

Question 14

One of the major reasons to read case law is to gain insight into the litigation process.

Question 15

The primary source from which determine if an opinion has been reversed is a Shepard's citator.

Question 16

A case citation includes the volume number, page number, and name of the reporter(s)where the court opinion may be found.

Question 17

In a published court opinion, the following elements are written by the publisher:

A)the syllabus.
B)the headnotes.
C)the key numbers.
D)all of the above.
E)a and c.