Section One DIRECTIONS:  Using the Bluebook, provide the correct...

Section One

DIRECTIONS:  Using the Bluebook, provide the correct abbreviation for each publication.  

Cite the corresponding page number from Bluebook.

1.     United States Reports

2.     Pacific Reporter Third Series

3.     West's New York Supplement

4.     Arizona Reports

5.     United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer's Edition First Series

6.     West's California Reporter

7.     Supreme Court Reporter

8.     Federal Reporter, Third Series

9.     Southern Reporter Second Series

10.  Federal Supplement Second Series

 

Section Two
 

DIRECTIONS:  Provide any parallel publications that exist for each of the sources listed below. Note that not all of the publications that are listed have parallel citations.  

Cite Bluebook page numbers to support each response.

EXAMPLE:  California Reports: Pacific Reporter, West's California Reporter.  Bluebook Pg. 252

 

1.        Michigan Appeals Reports: 

2.        The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation:   

3.        Oregon Reports: 

4.        Corpus Juris Secundum: 

5.        Georgia Appeals Reports:   

6.        Ohio Appellate Reports:

7.        United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer's Edition:   

8.        Federal Reporter 2d: 

9.        West's New York Supplement: 

10.      North Eastern Reporter: 

11.      Colorado Practice Series : 

12.      Southern Reporter: 

13.      US Reports: 

14.      American Law Reports (ALR): 

15.      Arizona Reports: 

 

Section Three

Complete Exercise #26 in the Workbook.  

Cite any sources consulted to support each response.  

 

Section Four
 

Directions: Provide the correct citation to the following fictional cases. Cite Bluebook page numbers to support each response.

 

1)     The US Supreme Court ruled on Thompson v. Kentucky in 2010. The opinion can be located in volume 403 of the official reporter, page 92; on page 121 of Vol. 381 of West's Supreme Court Reporter; and in Lawyer's Edition, second series, volume 16, page 201.

2)     You have located United States v. James from the 4th circuit in the spring of 2002 on page 487 of the Federal Reporter, volume 8, second series. 

3)     Keith v. Collins may apply to a case your attorney is working on. It is located in volume 57 of Michigan Reports on page 204, and on page 382 of volume 121 of the 2nd series of North Western Reporter. The case was decided in 2017. 

4)     The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York heard Rhonda Rollins' case against Samantha Morrison and the opinion can be located on page 215 of volume 11 in the 3^rd series. The case was tried in 2016. 

5)     The Connecticut Court of Appeals upheld the conviction in Lopez versus the State of Connecticut in October of 1986. The opinion is published in the second series of the regional reporter, page 59, volume 9. 

6)     Mary Garcia lost the case she filed against Jennifer Davis, and appealed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2002. This federal opinion can be located on page 40 of volume 300 in the 3^rd series of this reporter. 

7)     In 1952, Jim Taylor won the appeal on his conviction for robbery in the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.  Opinion can be located in the second series of the regional reporter, volume 41, page 98. 

8)     Cameron Young lost his claim against Steven Allen and appealed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court in 1992. The opinion is set forth in volume 202 of the regional reporter on page 114, and on page 117 of the official reporter, volume 16. 

9)     The federal district court in the Central District of California heard Mitchell's case against Nguyen in January 2004. The opinion can be found on page 98, volume 218 of the correct series for this reporter. 

10)  The Court of Special Appeals in Maryland heard the defendant's appeal in the State's case against Timothy Hall in 2004. You have located the opinion in the 11th volume of the regional reporter on page 603, and on page 127 in volume four of the official reporter.

 

Section Five
 

Directions:  Using Figures 47 and 50 in the Legal Document Preparation Manual, prepare a Notice of Appeal and a Cover Page based on the following:   

You work for Attorney James Flores, Esq., a solo practitioner, whose office is located at 1234 Any Avenue, Odessa, Texas, 00000.

Your client, Sandra Dunn, was injured in a car accident and filed a claim against trucker, Richard Rivera, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, File Number 8:27-CV-00-0. 

The trial court entered judgment against your client on June 6, 2020, when your office was retained to appeal that decision.  The Fifth Circuit docketed the appeal under No. 20-6000X

Filing Dates:

(1)   Notice of Appeal filed June 23, 2020

(2)   Appellate Brief filed August 9, 2020