Bluebook Quiz

BLUEBOOK QUALIFYING ROUNDS To Determine the Subsection Champions! Good Luck!! STOP! Please do not turn the page or begin the exam until instructed. 1 BLUEBOOK QUALIFYING ROUNDS To Determine the Subsection Champions! Good Luck!! Instructions: Choose the correct Bluebook citation for the listed information. Assume that the information is being cited in a citation sentence in a Legal Memorandum. Unless otherwise noted, do not parallel cite. 1. The fourth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. a. U.S. Const. amend. IV. b. U.S. Constitution amendment IV. c. U.S. Const. amend. IV. d. None of the above. 2. Michael M. Jackson versus Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., et al., a case decided by the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York on November 1, 1989, and reported at volume 178, page 655, of the Federal Supplement. a. Jackson v. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Co., 178 F.Supp. 655 (S.D.N.Y. 1989). b. Jackson v. Johnson & Johnson Pharm. Co., 178 F. Supp. 655 (S.D.N.Y. 1989). c. Jackson v. Johnson & Johnson Pharm. Co., et al., 178 F. Supp. 655 (1989). d. None of the above. 3. Frank Sinatra, et al. versus Bob Hope, et al., a case decided by the Supreme Court of Appeals in West Virginia on May 15, 1979, and reported at volume 254, page 687, of the South Eastern Reporter, Second Series. You want to focus the reader’s attention on material located on page 689. a. Sinatra v. Hope, 254 S.E.2d 687, 689 (W. Va. 1979). b. Sinatra v. Hope, 254 S.E.2d 687 (W. Va. 1979). c. Sinatra v. Hope, 254 S.E.2d 687, 689 (W. VA. 1979). d. None of the above. 4. Section 2644(c) of title 28 of the current United States Code, published in 2000. a. 28 USC § 2644(c) (2000). b. 28 USC § 2644(c) (2000). c. 28 U.S.C. § 2644(c) (2000). d. None of the above. 2 5. Section 319 of the California Penal Code published in West’s Annotated California Code. The title page of the main volume indicates a copyright date of 2000. No amendments to this section appear in any supplement or pocket part. a. Cal. Penal Code § 319 (2000). b. CAL. PENAL CODE § 319 (West 2000). c. Cal. Penal Code § 319 (West 2000). d. None of the above. 6. Section 1632(a) through (e) of the California Civil Code published by Deering. The copyright date on the volume in which this statute appears is 1999. Certain amended paragraphs also appear in the 2003 pocket part. a. Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1632(a)-(e) (Deering 1999). b. CAL. CIV . CODE § 1632(a)-(e) (1999 and Supp. 2003). c. Cal. Civ. Code § 1632(a)-(e) (Deering 1999 & Supp. 2003). d. None of the above. 7. In the immediately preceding sentence of a legal memorandum, you cited to a case, People v. Bryant, 146 P.3d 220 (Colo. 2003). Without an intervening cite, you wish to cite to information beginning on page 225 and continuing on page 226 of this same case. a. Id. 146 P.3d at 225-26. b. Id. at 225-26. c. Bryant, at 225-226. d. None of the above. 8. In the same legal memorandum as identified in number 7 above, two paragraphs later, after citing to other cases and statues, you wish to cite again to page 225 of People v. Bryant, 146 P.3d 220 (Colo. 2003). a. Bryant at 225. b. People, 146 P.3d at 225. c. Bryant, 146 P.3d at 225. d. None of the above. 9. Assume you are required to parallel cite. Put the following cite taken from Westlaw in proper Bluebook citation: Uhrich v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, 109 Cal.App.4th 598, 135 Cal.Rptr.2d 131, 3 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4944, 2003 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6225, Cal.App. 3 Dist., Jun 09, 2003. a. Uhrich v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 109 Cal. App. 4th 598, 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 131 (Ct. App. 2003). b. Uhrich v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 109 Cal.App.4th 598, 135 Cal.Rptr.2d 131 (Ct. App. 2003). c. Uhrich v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 109 Cal.App.4th 598 (2003). d. None of the above. 3 10. Put the following cite taken from Westlaw in proper Bluebook citation: Admiral Financial Corporation v. United States, 329 F.3d 1372, Ninth Circuit, June 02, 2003. a. Admiral Financial Corp. v. U.S., 329 F.3d 1372 (9th Circuit 2003). b. Admiral Fin. Corp. v. U.S., 329 F.3d 1372 (9 th Cir. 2003). c. Admiral Fin. Corp. v. U.S., 329 F. 3d 1372 (2003). d. None of the above. 11. Put the following cite taken from LexisNexis in proper Bluebook citation: In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation, No. 97-1783, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, 159 F.3d 817; 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 28791; CCH Prod. Liab. Rep. P15,408, June 9, 1998, Argued, November 17, 1998, Filed, As Corrected November 24, 1998. a. In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Prod. Liability Litigation, 159 F.3d 817 (1998). b. In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Prod. Liab. Litig., 159 F. 3d 817 (3rd Cir. 1998). c. In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Prod. Liab. Litig., 159 F.3d 817 (3rd Cir., 1998). d. None of the above. 12. You are filing a motion in the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Put the following cite taken from a LexisNexis case in proper Bluebook citation: 569 Pa. 284, *; 803 A.2d 1204, **; 2002 Pa. LEXIS 1721, *** COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. STEPHEN BARRY SCHER, Appellee No. 14 MAP 2000 SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA 569 Pa. 284; 803 A.2d 1204; 2002 Pa. LEXIS 1721 May 2, 2000, Argued August 20, 2002, Decided a. b. c. d. Commonwealth v. Scher, 803 A.2d 1204 (Pa. 2002). Commonwealth of Pa. v. Scher, 803 A.2d 1204 (Pa. 2002). Pennsylvania v. Scher, 803 A.2d 1204 (2000). None of the above. 4 13. Put the following cite taken from LexisNexis in proper Bluebook citation: USCS Fed Rules Civ Proc R 3, (2003), FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, II. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS, Rule 3. Commencement of Action, UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE. a. 28 USCS 3 (2003). b. 28 USCS § 3 (2003). c. 28 U.S.C.S. Rule 3 (2003). d. None of the above. 14. The Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 410, published in 2003 in title 28 of the United States Code. a. 28 U.S.C. § 410 (2003). b. Fed. R. Evid. 410. c. FED. R. EVID. 410. d. None of the above. 15. In the Matter of the Heller Keller Foundation, a case decided by the Supreme Court of Nebraska on December 8, 1950, and reported at volume 77, page 365, of the North Western Reporter, Second Series. a. In re Heller Keller Foundation, 77 N.W.2d 365 (Neb. 1950). b. In re Heller Keller Found., 77 N.W.2d 365 (1950). c. In re Heller Keller Found., 77 N.W.2d 365 (Neb. 1950). d. None of the above. 16. Stanley Burrell, a/k/a, M.C. Hammer versus RCA Records, Inc., and Rogers Nelson, a/k/a Prince, a/k/a, the Artist, formerly known as Prince, a case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on January 29, 1997, and reported at volume 811, page 90, of the Federal Reporter, Second Series. a. Burrell v. RCA Records, Inc., 811 F.2d 90 (1st Cir. 1997). b. Hammer v. RCA Records, Inc., et al., 811 F.2d 90 (1 st Cir. 1997). c. Burrell v. RCA Rec., Inc., 811 F.2d 90 (1st Cir. 1997). d. None of the above. 17. In a legal memorandum, you have previously cited to a New York statute, N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 1512 (Consol. 2000). Two pages later, with intervening cites to different cases and statutes, you wish to cite to the same subsection. a. Id. at § 1512. b. § 1512. c. N.Y. CRIM. PROC. LAW § 1512. d. None of the above. 5 Instructions: The following three problems (18-20) require Parentheticals. You need to put the cases in correct Bluebook citation form, including the parentheticals. Assume you are preparing a brief to be filed in federal court and that all cases are being cited in a citation sentence. The wording of any explanatory phrase will appear in the text of the problem with quotation marks. 18. Bob Affellick versus Janet Lopez. This is an opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reported in 2003 in volume 117, page 909, of Federal Reporter, Third Series. You want to draw the reader’s attention to material on page 913 of the opinion “citing section 400 of the California Civil Code Annotated, published by West in 2000.” a. Affellick v. Lopez, 117 F.3d 909 (9 th Cir. 2003) (citing Cal. Civ. Code § 400 (2000)). b. Affellick v. Lopez, 117 F.3d 909, 913 (9 th Cir. 2003) (citing Cal. Civ. Code § 400 (West 2000)). c. Affellick v. Lopez, 117 F.3d 909, 913 (2003) (citing C AL. CIV. CODE § 400 (West 2000)). d. None of the above. 19. The Hulk versus Comic Books Marketing, a 2000 opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reported in volume 100, page 100, of Federal Reporter, Third Series. You want to quote material on page 105. You also want to indicate that the court in The Hulk quoted the same material from a case titled Superman versus First National Bank, a 1990 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals case reported in volume 600, page 300, of Federal Reporter, Second Series. The quotation was taken from page 309 of Superman. a. The Hulk v. Comic Books Mktg., 100 F.3d 100, 105 (5th Cir. 2000) (quoting Superman v. First Nat’l Bank, 600 F.3d 300, 309 (5 th Cir. 1990)). b. The Hulk v. Comic Books Mktg., 100 F.3d 100, (5 th Cir. 2000) (quoting Superman v. First Nat’l Bank, 600 F.3d 300 (5 th Cir. 1990)). c. The Hulk v. Comic Books Marketing, 100 F.3d 100, 105 (5 th Cir. 2000) (quoting Superman v. First Nat’l Bank, 600 F.3d 300, 309 (5 th Cir. 1990)). d. None of the above. 20. The State of New Mexico versus the Navajo Indian Tribe and Bingo One Casino, a 1995 case reported in volume 300, page 500, of United Sates Reports. You want to refer to material on page 520 in the concurring opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia. a. New Mexico v. Navajo Indian Tribe, 300 US 500, 520 (1995) (Scalia, J., concurring). b. New Mexico v. Navajo Indian Tribe, 300 U.S. 500, 520 (1995) (Scalia, A., concurring). c. The State of New Mexico v. Navajo Indian Tribe, 300 U.S. 500, 520 (1995) (Scalia, concurring). d. None of the above. 6 ANSWER KEY 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. A 17. B or D 18. B 19. A 20. D 7