Bluebook Jeopardy

Case Names

100

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

United States

200

How do you cite this case in a citation sentence. Dobson et al. vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Dobson v. Pennsylvania

300

How do you cite this case name in a citation sentence. McCarran International Airport and Clark County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Appellants, vs. Steve Sisolak, Respondent.

McCarran Int'l Airport v. Sisolak

400

What is the correct citation for this case in a citation sentence? Montana Chamber of Commerce versus Ed Argenbright and League of Women Voters of Montana.

Mont. Chamber of Commerce v. Algenbright

500

What is the correct citation for this case in a citation sentence and in-text? St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Plaintiff and Appellant, versus The First Bank of Arkansas, Defendant and Appellee?

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. First Bank of Ark. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. First Bank of Arkansas.

Reporters and Court Names

100

What are the first 3 reporters to cite to for United States Supreme Court cases?

1) United States Reports-U.S. 2) Supreme Court Reporter-S. Ct. 3) United States Supreme Court Reporters, Lawyers' Edition-L. Ed.

200

What is the correct reporter, court name, and year citation for a 2006 case in the Supreme Court of Nevada. The case is reported in 122 Nev. 645, 137 P.3d 1110, and 2006 Nev. LEXIS 80.

137 P.3d 1110 (Nev. 2006).

300

What is the correct reporter, court name, and year citation for a case reported in the 245th volume of the Federal Supplement (Second Series) on page 267, decided in the District Court for the Western District of Michigan, in 2011?

245 F. Supp. 2d. 267 (W.D. Mich. 2011).

400

What is the correct reporter, court name, and year citation for a case located in the 231st volume of the Michigan Reports on page 178 and decided in 2009?

231 Mich. 178 (2009)

500

What is the correct reporter, court name, and year citation for a July 18, 2016 case in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The case is only available on an electronic database. The database identifier is 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92866 and the docket number is No. 3:16-cv-358. You are citing material on page 4.

No. 3:16-cv-358, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92866, at *4 (D. Conn. July 18, 2016).

Short Forms for Cases

100

You have already cited United States v. Hassan, 742 F.3d 104 (4th Cir. 2014), in full. What is the correct short form if you want to cite to page 108, and this was the only case you cited in the previous citation.

Id. at 108.

200

You have cited to Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850 (9th Cir. 2007). In the same general discussion you want to refer to this case again and direct the reader’s attention to content beginning on page 860 and continuing on page 861. You have cited to other cases in the interim.

Raich, 500 F.3d at 860-61.

300

Correct this short cite. The case name is Alabama vs. The Parker Company. The incorrect short cite (in a citation sentence) is Alabama, 237 F.2d 91.

Parker Co., 237 F.2d at 91.

400

You have already cited in full Hibiscus Associates LTD. vs. Board of Trustees of the Policemen and Firemen Retirement System of the City of Detroit, reported in 50 F.3d 908. The case was in the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in 1995. How would you cite page 912 of this case in a subsequent citation. You cited this case in the immediately preceding citation along with two other cases.

Hibiscus Assocs., 50 F.3d at 912.

500

Immediately after citing to Maddux v. Blagojevich, 911 N.E.2d 979 (Ill. 2009), you wish to formulate a string cite, focusing your reader’s attention first on page 984 of Maddux, and then on page 524 of Goodman v. Ward, 922 N.E.2d 522 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).

Id. at 984; Goodman v. Ward, 922 N.E.2d 522, 524 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).

Statutes

100

What is the correct abbreviation for the United States Code

U.S.C.

200

What is the correct citation for Title thirty-two, section nineteen of the United States Code? The most recent version of the Code, which includes this statute, was published in 2012.

32 U.S.C. § 19 (2012).

300

What is the correct citation for Chapter 211, section 14 of Michigan Compiled Laws? The most recent publication which includes this statute was in 2004.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.14 (2004)

400

Cite The Freedom of Information Act in its current form. It was passed in 1966. It is in the most recent version (2012) of the United States Code. It is in volume 5 at section 552.

Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2012).

500

Cite the original The Freedom of Information Act. It was passed on July 4, 1966. The public law number was 89-487. It was published in the 80th volume of the statutes at large on page 250.

Freedom of Information Act, Pub. L. No. 89-487, 80 Stat. 250 (1966).

Random

100

Correct this citation. Buckley v. Valeo, 424, U.S. 1, 26 (1976).

Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 26 (1976).

200

In a brief, you write that “political candidates are expected to represent not only their own views but also those of their political party.” You inferred this from a statement in FEC v. Colo. Republican Fed. Campaign Comm., 41 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (D. Colo. 1999). What would be the correct signal?

See

300

In a brief, you want to write “In____, the court held that intent was required for insurance fraud.” The case that you want to cite to is Continental Fidelity Insurance Company versus Discount International Laboratory, and it appears in 43 F. Supp. 678. The case was decided by the Southern District of New York in 2003. What would be the correct in text citation for the first time that you mention the case?

In Continental Fidelity Insurance Co. v. Discount International Laboratory, 43 F. Supp. 678 (S.D.N.Y. 2003), the court held that intent was required for insurance fraud.

400

Correct this citation. In Cullen Corp. v. Forks Cnty. Police Dep't, the court awarded damages for age discrimination.

In Cullen Corp. v. Forks County Police Department, the court awarded damages for age discrimination.

500

You just quoted Justice Frankfurter's dissenting opinion in United States v. Rabinowitz. The case is reported in volume 339 of the U.S. Reports on page 56 and was decided in 1950 in the U.S. Supreme Court. The quote is from page 72. The portion you quoted was citing People v. Chiagles, 142 N.E. 583, 587 (N.Y. 1923). What is the correct citation if it is a full cite in a citation sentence?

United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 72 (1950) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting) (citing People v. Chiagles, 142 N.E. 583, 587 (N.Y. 1923)).