Name that Rule!
What is the Bluebook Rule for Explanatory Parentheticals?
What is Bluebook Rule B1.3?
Here is the long form citation of a case: State v. Mangual, 85 A.3d 627 (Conn. 2014). If the pincite is to page 637, what would the short form citation for this case be?
What is “Mangual, 85 A.3d at 637.”?
Cite the Patent and Copyright Clause in the first article of the U.S. Constitution, which can be found in the eighth clause of section eight.
What is “U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 8.” ?
You have the full name of a case in front of you that includes words such as “board,” “housing,” “temporary,” and “weekly.” Where in the Bluebook does it tell you if or how those words need to be abbreviated in your citation of the case?
What is Bluebook Table T6?
It is important to provide prisoners with proper medical care. ___ Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 (1976).
Explanation: The Court does not explicitly say anything about whether medical care is important, but the Estelle Court held that prisoners are entitled to treatment for serious medical needs.
What is See?
There’s a portion of a case that you want to quote, and that portion is more than 50 words. What Bluebook Rule should you look to in order to figure out how to properly quote that portion of the case?
What is Bluebook Rule B5.2?
Here is the long form citation of a case: Love v. D. Houston, 67 S.W.3d 244 (Tex. App. 2000). What would the short form citation for this case be if your pincite is to page 246?
What is “Love, 67 S.W.3d at 246”?
The petitioner is the Federal Trade Commission.
The respondent is Actavis, Inc.
It is a 2013 SCOTUS case in the 570th volume of the United States Reports, starting on page 136. Pincite to page 142.
“FTC v. Actavis, Inc., 570 U.S. 136, 142 (2013).” ?
You are looking at a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of Hawaii. The reporter in the case citation is listed as, “P.2d.” You want to know what the actual name of the reporter is. Where in the Bluebook should you look to figure that out?
What is Table T1.3?
A person is not necessarily protected by due process merely because they have been aggrieved by an adminstrative process. ___ Atl. Ritchfield Co. V. Fed. Energy Admin., 429 F. Supp. 1052, 1061 (N.D. Cal. 1976).
Explanation: This single case cited is one of multiple cases that directly supports this proposition.
What is E.g. ?
What Bluebook rule governs citing to the constitution of a tribal nation?
What is Rule B22.2?
Here is the long form of a citation: Leroy v. Livingston Manor Cent. Sch. Dist., 158 F.4th 414, 418 (2d Cir. 2025). Here is the short form of the same citation, with a pincite to page 417: Leroy, 158 F.4th at 417 (2025). What is the error in this short form citation?
What is “(2025)”?
The petitioner is Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. The respondent is Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
It is a 2024 SCOTUS decision found in the 603rd volume of the United States Reports, starting on page 369.
Include in the citation that the case was overruled by Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024).
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), overruled by, Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024).
You are looking at a case citation that includes the abbreviated word, “Adel.” You know that this is an abbreviation for a city, state, province, territory, or constituent country in Australia, Canada, or the U.K., but you do not know what the full name of this abbreviated location is. Where in the Bluebook would you look to figure this out?
What is Table T10.2?
The Eighth Amendment forbids prison officers from being deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. ___ Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 (1976).
Explanation: The proposition paraphrases part of the Court’s holding.
What is [no signal]?
When referring to multiple judges within a single citation, what rule tells you what order the judges should be listed in?
What is Rule 9(b)?
You are writing a memo for your supervisor, and at the end of the sentence you just wrote, you provided a full citation to an internet source. You have now written another sentence, and the information contained in this sentence comes from the same internet source. What should your citation be at the end of this most recent sentence?
What is “Id.”? (Bluebook Rule B18.2)
Cite to sections 42-110a, 42-110b, and 42-110g of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), which is codified in Chapter 735a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
What is “Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 42-110a to -110b, -110g.” ?
You are about to work on an office memo, and your supervisor has told you that you should cite to the “ITLOS Rep.” reporter. You haven’t looked at the file your supervisor gave you yet, and you have never heard of that reporter before...the only other thing your supervisor told you while he gave you the file in a hurry before rushing off to a meeting was that the case you would be working on involved the law of the sea. Where in the Bluebook would you find the full, unabbreviated name of the “ITLOS Rep.” reporter, and what is the full, unabbreviated name of that reporter?
What is Table T3.8, and what is International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders?
Estelle provides a meaningful protection for prisoners’ rights. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 (1976); ___ Joel H. Thompson, Today’s Deliberate Indifference: Providing Attention without Providing Treatment to Prisoners with Serious Medical Needs, 45 HARV. C.R. - C.L. L. REV. 635 (2010) (arguing that in practice Estelle does little to protect prisoners’ rights).
What is but see?
When citing to a statute (or a version of a statute) that is no longer in force, what rule provides guidance on how to indicate the statute’s subsequent history (e.g., amendments made to the statute)?
What is Rule 12.7?
You are working on a legal memo in which you need to reference Rule 166a(c) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. You know that the long form citation for this Rule is Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(c). What is an appropriate short form for this citation?
What is “Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(c).”?
The plaintiff-appellant is American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
The defendant-appellees are Neapco Holdings LLC and Neapco Drivelines LLC.
The case was decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 31, 2020. The decision can be found in the 967th volume of the Federal Reporter 3d, starting on the 1285th page.
Cite to page 1308 of the dissenting opinion of Judge Moore. Include an explanatory paranthetical with the following quote: “All physical methods must comply with, and apply, the law of physics and the law of thermodynamics. The fact that they do does not mean the claims are directed to all such laws.”
For your information in completing this citation, the emphasis of the word “directed” appears in the original decision.
What is “Am. Axle & Mfg., Inc. V. Neapco Holdings LLC, 967 F.3d 1285, 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (Moore, J., dissenting) (“All physical methods must comply with, and apply, the law of physics and the law of thermodynamics. The fact that they do does not mean the claims are directed to all such laws.”).” ?
Rapid Fire!!! Who can abbreviate the following 3 items first according to Bluebook Rules?
Turks and Caicos Islands
Memorial
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
T10.3 (Turks & Caicos Is.)
T6 (Mem’l)
T7 (C.A.A.F.)
By embracing a broad understanding of Eighth Amendment protections, the Supreme Court has emphasized that the Eighth Amendment guards not only prisoners’ physical safety, but also their dignity. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 (1976); ____ Jonathan Simon, From Health to Humanity: Re-Reading Estelle v. Gamble after Brown v. Plata, 25 Fed. Sent’g Rep. 276, 277 (2013) (tracing the development of the Court’s recognition of dignity in the context of the Eighth Amendment).
What is see also?