Bluebook Errors
Statutes/Rules/Constitutions
Cases
Bluebook Errors Part 2
Potpourri
100

U.S. v. Powell, 25 F.3d 1445 (1996).

United States v. Powell, 25 F.3d 1445 ([9th Cir.] 1996).

100

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for the United States Code?

U.S.C.

100

What is the proper way to use the United States of America as the name of a party in a case?

United States

100

Heafey v. Bannan, 4 Cal.4th (1995), 10.

Heafey v. Bannan, 4 Cal. 4th 10 (1995).

100

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for United States Reports?

U.S.

200

Dustribu-Dor, Inc. v. Karadanis 11 Cal.App.3d 463 (Cal. Ct. App. 1970).


Dustribu-Dor, Inc. v. Karadanis, 11 Cal. App. 3d 463 (1970).

200

What is the Bluebook citation for Title thirty-two, section nineteen of the United States Code?

32 U.S.C. § 19.

200

What is the start of a Bluebook citation for a case with the names Jim Brown versus Jack Black?

Brown v. Black 

200

Id. p. 235.

Id. at 235.

200

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for the Federal Supplement, Second Series?

F. Supp. 2d

300

Calif. Civ. Code§ 3294. 

Cal. Code of Civil Proc. § 337(1).

Cal. Civ. Code § 3294.  

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 337(1).

300

What is the Bluebook citation for Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?

Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1).

300

What is the Bluebook citation for the case Kwame Kilpatrick versus Marshall Mathers, located in the 231st volume of the Michigan Reports on page 178 and decided in 2009?

Kilpatrick v. Mathers, 231 Mich. 178 (2009).

300

Id. at §19.

Id. § 19.

300

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for the Federal Reporter, Third Series?

F.3d

400

Wisconsin vs. Jackson, 11 Wis.2d 232, 12 N. W. 2d 565 (Wis. 1981).

Wisconsin v. Jackson, 11 Wis. 2d 232, 12 N.W.2d 565 (1981).

400

What is the Bluebook citation for section 3 of the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America?

U.S. Const. amend. XIII, § 3.

400

What is the Bluebook citation for the case Justin Bieber versus Britney Spears, and reported in the 199th volume of the Michigan Appeals Reports on page 123 in the year 2001?

Bieber v. Spears, 199 Mich. App. 123 (2001).

400

Short cite for:  Peng v. Hu, 335 F.3d 970, 978 (9th Cir. 2003).

Peng, 335 F.3d at 978.

400

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for the North Western Reporter, Second Series?

N.W.2d

500

In California, the "Negligent infliction of emotional distress is a form of...negligence".

In California, the "[n]egligent infliction of emotional distress is a form of . . . negligence."

500

What is the Bluebook citation for section 211.14 of Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.14.

500

What is the Bluebook citation for the case Smith Brothers, Inc. versus Kanye West, and reported in 245th volume of the Federal Supplement (Second Series) on page 267, decided in the District Court for the Northern District of California, in 2011?

Smith Bros., Inc. v. West, 245 F. Supp. 2d. 267 (N.D. Cal. 2011).

500

The deputies had sufficient probable cause under Cal. Penal Code § 368(c).

The deputies had sufficient probable cause under California Penal Code section 368(c).

500

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for the Ohio Appellate Reports, Third Series

Ohio App. 3d

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