Legal Skills I Bluebook Citation Quiz

Question 1

The word "court" should be capitalized in the text of your legal memo

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bth choice 1 (pink triangle) & choice 3 (yellow circle)

Question 2

If I am feeling anxious about my legal memo, I might feel better if I

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All of the above

Question 3

If you are citing multiple cases or authorities for the same proposition in the same citation sentence, separate them by

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semicolons

Question 4

To cite to a quote that spans from page 322 to page 323 in a case, using a short cite form, write

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Id. at 322-23

Question 5

To properly cite a case cited as the only authority in the immediately preceding sentence, but at a new page 336, use:

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Id. at 336.

Question 6

To determine the proper legal citation form for authorities for a legal brief you are submitting to a court, you should

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consult the Bluebook blue pages and local court rules

Question 7

What is the correct signal for this case if it states a proposition directly contrary to the proposition cited?

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But see Richards v. Smith, 320 U.S. 45, 48 (1989)

Question 8

After you cite People v. Hedgeman in full, the proper short form when quoting language on p. 859 is:

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Hedgeman, 517 N.E.2d at 859.

Question 9

When citing Richards v. Smith, 320 U.S. 45 (1989) for a proposition directly stated in the case, you should . . .

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use no signal, so cite as: Richards, v. Smith, 320 U.S. 45, 48 (1989)

Question 10

In a legal memo, the proper Bluebook citation form for the following federal District of Mass. case is

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Johnson v. McCue, 303 F. Supp. 198 (D. Mass. 1989)

Question 11

To cite a proposition in a case stated on page 323 & page 326, using a short citation form, write

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Id. at 323, 326

Question 12

What is the proper citation for for your memo?

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People v. Hedgeman, 517 N.E.2d 858 (N.Y. 1987)

Question 13

Which of the following abbreviated locations for a federal district court is NOT in proper Bluebook citation form

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E.D.Pa.

Question 14

What is the proper Bluebook citation for the following federal First Circuit case?

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Miller v. National Prod. Servs., 462 F.2d 909 (1st Cir. 1988)

Question 15

An ordinary citation that follows a sentence of text should

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have a period at the end of the citation

Question 16

The first time you cite a case, if you include the case name in your sentence, you also need to . . .

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include the full citation as a citation phrase in that sentence as well

Question 17

In a legal memo, cite a US Supreme Ct case published in both the US Reports Reporter & Supreme Court Reporter as

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Smith v. Jones, 356 U.S. 897 (1986)

Question 18

The first time you cite to a case, in referencing the page portion of the citation, you almost always

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need to include the first page and a pinpoint page cite

Question 19

In a legal memo or brief, the title/name of a statute should be

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in ordinary type

Question 20

In a legal memo or brief, case names should be

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either underlined or italicized but not both

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