Citing Cases
True or false: you must cite to the date of decision every time you cite to a case.
What is false?
This is where to find the proper abbreviations for California cases and code sections.
This is the date and time your Problem One Memos are due.
What is September 22 before 9pm?
True or False: only the case name should be italicized or underlined in a citation.
What is true?
This is the punctuation you use to separate cases included in your string cite.
What is a semicolon?
This is the correct abbreviation for "Education" when citing to the California Education Code.
What is "Educ."?
These CREAC sections MUST include citations.
What are the rules and explanation sections?
True or False: In Professor Brandman's class you can choose whether to underline or italicize case names.
What is False? (italics only)
The term for how to note the particular page of an opinion you are referencing in your citation.
What is a pinpoint citation or pincite? (Bluebook B10.1.2)
When citing to the California Appellate Reports, this is the correct way to abbreviate the full name.
What is "Cal. App."?
True or False: in the rules section you only need to cite to a particular case the first time you mention it.
What is false? (every sentence in the rules section MUST include a citation, even if that means you cite to the same case multiple times).
True or False: You can only use the signal "Id." in your discussion section when the preceding citation refers to a single source.
What is true?
True or False: The California Rules of Court require attorneys to cite to the West's California Reporter in any documents filed with the court.
What is False? (the California Rules of Court allow you to cite to either).
True or False: Your second C of CREAC must be slightly different from the first C.
What is false?
This is how to identify the different page numbers in a California Appellate Reports opinion.
What is one *?