CL601 ILA II

Module 5 Writing Assignment

Short Answer Citation

Complete this Assignment usingThe Bluebook,21st edition. There are 15 questions. Write the answer to each question using correctBluebookcitation format. Answers must be "letter perfect," including correct spacing, capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, symbols, and order of components to earn credit.

1. Find the caseRoe v. Wadeby typing that case name into the Westlaw search box.UseThe Bluebookto write the citation to the official reporter.

2. Find the Kentucky caseHill v. Parksby typing that case name into the Westlaw search box. UseThe Bluebookto write the citation.

3. What is the abbreviation for "Environment" when itis part of a case name?

4. Which rule inThe Bluebookaddresses citation for journals, magazines, and newspaper articles for academic writing?

5. In what section ofThe Bluebookare instructions for using "Id."?

6. What is "Id." and when may you use it?

7. Name one of the "signals" that indicate contradiction.

8. According to your assigned reading in the Bluepages Introduction section ofThe Bluebook, what are the three principal elements of a citation?

9. According toThe Bluebook, when should theword "Constitution" be capitalized?

10. Which "signal" is used when the cited authority directly states the contrary of the proposition?

11. Write a correct citation for the following:

Case name: Blystone versus Pennsylvania

Reporter: United States Reports

Volume No.: 494

First Page: 299

Pinpoint Cite: 302

Year: 1990

12. Write a correct citation for the following:

Case name: Swedloff versus Philadelphia Transportation Company

Reporter: Atlantic Reporter, 2d series

Volume No.: 187

First Page: 152

Year: 1963

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

13. Write a correct citation for the following:

Statute: Vehicle Code

Cite to: West

State: California

Section: 21703

14. Write a correct citation for the following:

Statute: Title 42, section 1983

Code: United States

Date on volume spine: 2012

15. Write a correct citation for the following:

The first section of the 17thAmendment to the United States Constitution