California Jurisprudence
What is secondary? California Jurisprudence is a legal encyclopedia.
If you are citing the United States Code, do you refer to it as U.S.C., U.S.C.A. or U.S.C.S.?
U.S.C. is the official cite.
U.S.C.A. is the annotated (unofficial) code found on Westlaw. U.S.C.S. is the annotated (unofficial) code on Lexis.
A Northern District of California case on another Northern District of California case on a federal issue.
Persuasive
Id. p. 130.
Id. at 130.
Name the official reporter for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions?
Federal Reporter (F. F.2d F.3d F.4th)
Federal regulations
What is primary?
What information is needed when you cite a statute for the first time?
Title number, code name, section; or Code subject-matter name, section
A Supreme Court of California decision on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal on a question of California law.
Mandatory.
Plaintiff argued that ". . . the doctrine of collateral estoppel does not apply here."
Quotations never begin with an ellipsis.
Draft the court/date parenthetical for a case by the Eastern District of New York in 2016.
(E.D.N.Y. 2016).
ALR
What is secondary?
Similar to a legal encyclopedia, ALR features a more narrow range of topics than a legal encyclopedia.
What is the Bluebook citation for Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).
The California Rules of Court in California state court.
Mandatory
Calif. Code Civ §110 (West 2004).
Cal. Civ. Code § 110.
Name the three instances when the word "court" is capitalized.
1. When naming any court in full
2. When referring the U.S. Supreme Court
3. In a document when referring to the court that will receive the document.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
What is primary?
When should you consider looking at legislative history?
When the controlling statute is unclear on its face or as applied to your facts.
The United States Supreme Court on a California Superior Court on an issue of California law.
What is persuasive?
Smith v. Smith, 100 F. Supp. 2d 522 (2011).
Missing the name of the court in the parenthetical.
Name the reporter where federal district court decisions are published?
Federal Supplement (F. Supp. F. Supp. 2d F. Supp. 3d, F. Supp. 4th)
Federal Reporter
What is primary? Decisions by the United States Courts of Appeals are published in the Federal Reporter.
Where are federal regulations published?
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
What determines whether you should cite binding or non-binding authority?
Your purpose for citing a case often determines the best authority - either binding or non-binding - to cite.
Dogg v. Bite, 123 Cal. 4th 22, 25 (S.D. Cal. 2010).
Either the reporter is incorrect, or the court/date parenthetical is incorrect. California Supreme Court decisions are reported in California Reports. S.D. Cal. refers to the federal district court in the Southern District.
Name five states located in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
California, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona.