3. Citation Quiz
Directions: Choose one or more correct answers using The Bluebook and the information in Chapter Four of this Handbook.

1. Which citation form is correct?
CHECK: Bluebook Rule 10.
BONUS: Name the court that handed down the decision.

a. Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 55 U.S.L.W. 4719, 107 S. Ct. 2254 (1987).
b. Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987).
c. Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 107 S. Ct. 2254, 96 L. Ed. 2d 64 (1987).

2. Which citation form is correct?
CHECK: Bluebook Rules 10.2.2 and 10.4
BONUS: Name the court that handed down the decision.

a. Earl Allen v. Thomas Toombs, 827 F.2d 563 (9th Cir. 1987).
b. Allen v. Toombs, 827 F.2d 563 (D. Ore. 1987).
c. Allen v. Toombs, 827 F.2d 563 (9th Cir. 1987).

3. Which citation …show more content…
BONUS: Name the court that handed down the decision.

a. People v. Connor, 34 Cal. 3d 141 (1983).
b. People v. Connor, 34 Cal.3d 141 (1983).
c. The People v. James Edward Connor, 34 Cal.3d 141 (1983).

4. Which citation form is correct?
` CHECK: Bluebook Rules 10, 10.4(b), 10.7 and Tables T1, T7, and T10.

Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, 94 Cal. App. 4th 325 (Ca. App. 3d Dist. 2001).
Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, 94 Cal. App. 4th 325 (App. 3d Dist., 2001).
Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, 94 Cal. App. 4th 325 (2001).

5. You are reading Pratt v. Rowland, 856 F. Supp. 565 (N.D. Cal. 1994). What does the citation tell you? CHECK: Bluebook Tables T1, T7, and T10.

a. The decision was issued by the California Supreme Court.
b. The decision was issued by a federal trial court.
c. The decision was issued jointly by the North Dakota Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court and appears in the regional …show more content…
You are providing an initial citation for a case and need to include a pin cite (sometimes called a point cite or a page cite) to a specific page within the decision. The case begins on page 1406 and the legal point appears on page 1412. Which of the following choices is correct? CHECK: Bluebook Rule 10 and B4.1.2.

a. Prison officials may prohibit an inmate from acting as a reporter for a newspaper. Martin v. Risom, 741 F. Supp. 1412 (N.D. Cal. 1990).
b. Prison officials may prohibit an inmate from acting as a reporter for a newspaper. Martin v. Risom, 741 F. Supp. 1406, 1412 (N.D. Cal. 1990).
c. Prison officials may prohibit an inmate from acting as a reporter for a newspaper. Martin v. Risom, 741 F. Supp. 1406 at 1412 (N.D. Cal. 1990).

7. Which form is correct when a case has been cited in full in an earlier reference? CHECK: Bluebook Rule 10.9.

a. In O'Lone, the Court concluded that it was reasonable to preclude Islamic inmates from attending weekly religious services on Fridays. O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. at 350.
b. In O'Lone, the Court concluded that it was reasonable to preclude Islamic inmates from attending weekly religious services on Fridays. 482 U.S. at