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100

Cite the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 11. **Use alwd page 152 for reference).

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 What is Fed.^R.^Civ.^P.^11.

100

What is the appropriate citation for Louisiana Revised Statute title 14, section 12?

*Louisiana Citation Guide

What is 

La.^R.S.^14:12.

200

What is the citation to the official reporter for the following case:

 Brown v. Board of Education, 74 S.Ct. 686 (1954).

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What is Brown^v.^Bd.^of^Educ.,^347^U.S.^483,^486,^74^S.^Ct.^686,^687^(1954).

200

In your objective memo to your professor, you previously cited information from   You now wish to include a quote from page 84 of the same case.  How Hill versus Sampson and Automobile Casualty Insurance Company, 628 So. 2d 81 (La. App. 2d Cir. 1993). would you short cite after the quote?

*Louisiana Citation Guide

What is 

Hill^v.^Sampson(italicized or underline case name),^628^So.^2d^81,^84.

300

Correctly cite the following statutory provision: Section 911 of Title 10 of the 2006 United States Code Annotated.

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What is 10^U.S.C.A.^§^911^(West^2006).

300

Cite Louisiana Civil Code article 2315.4.

*Louisiana Citation Guide

What is 

La.^C.^C.^art.^2315.4.

300

In the case of State versus Beason, the Louisiana Court of Appeal ruled that the sentence imposed by the trial court was not constitutionally excessive because it was less than the maximum allowed under the statute.  Correctly cite this information from the case.

"The State contends that the forty-five-year sentence is not unconstitutionally excessive because the sentences were within the statutory limits."

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What is 

State^v.^Beason(underlined or italicized case name),^232^So.3d^1255,^1259,^17-254^La.App.^5^Cir.^11/15/17,^5^(La.^App.^5^Cir.,^2017).

400

Correctly cite the definition of res ipsa loquitur as defined in the ninth edition of Black’s Law Dictionary.

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What is Res^Ipsa^Loquitur,^Black’s^Law^Dictionary^(9th^ed.^2009).

400

Cite the objections raised by declinatory exception from the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, article 925. *Louisiana Citation Guide

What is 

La.^C.C.P.^art.^925.

400

When citing the case below, what information is included in the case name?

           

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

The STATE OF ARIZONA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

                              v.

        John L. MABSON; Defendant-Appellant,

E-Z8 Motels, Inc., Florence Ammon, Manager, engaged in Interstate Commerce pursuant to Title II Secs. 201(a)(b)(c)(d), 202, Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, Real Party in Interest.

                          No. 93-10742. *Use AWLD or Westlaw

What is

 Arizona^v.^Mabson(Case name underlined or italicized),^No.^93-10742^(U.S.^App.^9th^Cir.).

400

Cite to the specific provision of the Louisiana Constitution that provides that no law shall restrain or curtain the freedom of speech or press. *Google Louisiana Constitution, use Louisiana Citation Gudge for reference

What is

 La.^Const.^art.^I,^§^III.

500

Cite the specific provision of the United States Constitution that provides the qualifications of senators. *Use ALWD

What is U.S.^Const.^art.^I,^§^3,^cl.^3.

500

Correctly cite the following:


                             497 So.2d 333

                Court of Appeal of Louisiana,

                          Second Circuit.

               STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

                                     v.

               Carrie E. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

                         No. 18082–KA.

Oct. 29, 1986.Rehearing Denied Nov. 26, 1986.Stay Order Vacated; Writ Denied Jan. 9, 1987.                   *case before 1994

What is 

State^v.^Williams(case name italicized or underlined),^497^So.2d^333^(La.^App.^2d^Cir.^1986),^writ^denied,^499^So.^2d^81^(La.^1987).

500

Correctly cite the following:

                        817 So.2d 1158

                 Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Jude REAUX on Behalf of Himself and as Natural Tutor for His Two Minor Children Ranada and Nikisha Reaux

                                  v.

              The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

                     No. 2002-C-1068.

                      June 14, 2002.


                       815 So.2d 191

             Court of Appeal of Louisiana,

                      Fourth Circuit.

Jude REAUX on Behalf of Himself and as Natural Tutor for His Two Minor Children Ranada and Nikisha Reaux

                                  v.

                   The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

                            No. 2001-CA-1585.

          March 20, 2002.Writ Denied June 14, 2002.

 



What is 

Reaux^v.^City^of^New^Orleans,^815^So.^2d^191^(La.^App.^4th^Cir.^2002),^writ ^denied,^817^So.^2d^1158^(La.^2002).

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