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

United States 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).

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

100

What is the Bluebook abbreviation for United States Reports?

U.S.

200

Dustribu-Dor, Inc. v. Karadanis 11 Cal.App.3d 463, 90 Cal.Rptr. 231 (Ct. App. 1970).


Dustribu-Dor, Inc. v. Karadanis, 11 Cal. App. 3d 463, 90 Cal. Rptr. 231 (1970).

200

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

32 U.S.C. § 19 (xxxx)

200

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

Brown v. Black (italicized or underlined)

200

Id. 235.

Id. at 235.

200

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

F. Supp. 2d

300

Calif. Civ. Code§ 3294 (West 1984). 

Cal. Code of Civil Proc. § 337(1) (West 1984).

Cal. Civ. Code § 3294 (West 1984).  

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 337(1) (West 1984).

300

What is the Bluebook citation for Chapter 211, section 14 of Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.14 (xxxx)

300

What is the Bluebook abbreviation 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 (underlined or italicized) 231 Mich. 178 (2009).

300

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

Peng, 335 F.3d at 978.

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 (underlined or italicized), 199 Mich. App. 123 (2001).
400

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). 

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 article 1, section 3, clause 5 of the Constitution?
U.S. Const. art. I, § 3, cl. 5
500
What is the Bluebook citation for the case Smith Brothers versus Kanye West, and reported in 245th volume of the Federal Supplement (Second Series) on page 267, decided in the District Court for the Western District of Michigan, in 2011?
Smith Bros. v. West (underlined or italicized), 245 F. Supp. 2d. 267 (W.D. Mich. 2011).
500

The plaintiff must suffer ". . . emotional distress beyond that which would be anticipated in a disinterested witness", and the plaintiff must have a close relationship to the victim.

The plaintiff must suffer "emotional distress beyond that which would be anticipated in a disinterested witness," and the plaintiff must have a close relationship to the victim.

500

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

Ohio App. 3d