Purpose of Assignment: The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate proper Bluebook formatting.

Course Competency: Formulate citations according to Bluebook citation method.

Transferrable Skill: Communication

Instructions:

Content:

• Following are numerous references you need to use for a brief you're assisting your supervising attorney with. Take each source and format it according to proper Bluebook citation rules.
• Parties: James E. Bruck v. Michael D. Loosli
• Reporter: Federal Reporter, 3d series
• Volume No. 162
• 1st page: 995
• Pinpoint cite: 1000
• Court: United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, Date: 2016
• Case from the U.S. Court District Court in Connecticut:
• Parties: Alliance International Company v. Fairfax Cooperative Global Initiative
• Reporter: Federal Supplement, 2d series
• Volume No. 371
• 1st page: 155
• Pinpoint cite: 157
• Court: Federal District Court of Connecticut, Date: 2005
• A law review journal article written by Melissa L. Tatum, Robert Spoo and Benjamin Pope
• In the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law
• Published in 2009
• Title: Does Gender Influence Attitudes Toward Copyright in the Filk Community?
• The first page if 219
• Volume 18
• The following statute:
• Section 106
• Title number 17
• Year: 2006
• In the United States Code
• Following are citations which are incorrect. Correct each citation so it is in line with proper Bluebook citation formatting rules. (There may be more than one correction in each case).
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 ( Supreme Court, 1986)
• Hargrave v. Vermont, (2003) 340 F.3d 27, 35 (2nd Cir.)
• Jack Anderson et al v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 254 (1986)
• 42 U.S.C. Section 12101(b)(1)
• 29 Code. Of Fed. Reg Section 1620.2(r)
• Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. : 552 U.S. 1074 (2007)
• Yuval Karniel & Stephen Bates, Copyright in Second Life, 20 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 433 (2010)

Format:

• Your response should include a list of each citation, properly formatted or corrected.

Resources:

The Indigo Book

Microsoft Word

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