Primary or secondary?
California Jurisprudence
Secondary source: 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
Cal.App.3d
Cal. App. 3d
Name the official reporter for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions?
Federal Reporter (F. F.2d F.3d F.4th)
Federal regulations
Primary
What is the abbreviation for the California Health and Safety Code?
Health & Safety
A Supreme Court of California decision on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal on a question of California law.
Mandatory.
Plaintiff argued ". . . 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
Similar to a legal encyclopedia, ALR is a secondary source that 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
Primary
46 C.F.R. § 120.2.
Herrera v. Ramirez, No. 1:15-CV-00525-BLW, 2020 WL 5848431, at *10 (S.D. Cal. Sep. 30, 2020).
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)
Jury instructions
Secondary
Where are federal regulations published?
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
29 C.F.R. section 1625 on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on a question about federal workplace discrimination law.
Mandatory.
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 the Bluebook Bluepages rule and table governing citations to court and litigation documents?
B17 and BT1