Citation Quiz

Plaintiff Veronica Pipes d/b/a Pipe’s Thrifting Company, Plaintiff, sued The United States of America, Defendant.

• Pipes v. The United States of America

• Pipes v. United States

• Pipe’s Thrifting Company v. United States

• Pipe’s Thrifting Co. v. United States

1.What is the correct short form for the following case. In the immediately preceding sentence of a legal brief, without any intervening cite, you cited to Einstein v. Oppenheimer, 465 U.S. 402 (1941).  You now want to cite to pages 405 to 409 of the case.

• Einstein v. Oppenheimer at 405-409.

• Einstein v Oppenheimer at 405-09.

• Id. at 405-09.

• Id. at 405-09.

Midland National Life Insurance Company, successor to Reserve Life Insurance Company, Appellant, versus Arlie Bridges, Appellee. This 1994 case is from the Eastland Court of Appeals. It is reported in Volume 889, page 17, of South Western Reporter, Second Series.

• Midland Nat'l Insurance Co. v. Brdiges, 889 S.W.2d 17 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1994, writ denied).

• Reserve Life Ins. Co. v. Bridges, 889 S.W.2d 17 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1994, writ denied).

• Midland Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Bridges, 889 S.E.2d 17 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1994, writ denied).

•   Midland Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Bridges, 889 S.W.2d 17 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1994, writ denied).

Shell Oil Company versus Kate Brem, a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2015 and reported in volume 578, beginning on page 197, of the United States Reports.

• Shell Oil Co. v. Brem, 578 U.S. 197 (2015).

• Shell Oil Co. v. Brem, 578 U.S., 197 (2015).

• Shell Oil Company v. Brem, 578 U.S. 197, 2015.

• Shell Oil Co. v. Brem, U.S. 578, 197, 2015.

The People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus Gary Paul Schmidt, Defendant-Appellee. This case was decided on March 6, 1998, by the Court of Appeals of Michigan and is reported in volume 579, page 431, of the North Western Reporter, Second Series.

• The People of the State of Mich. v. Schmidt, 579 N.W.2d 431 (1998).

• People of Mich. v. Schmidt, 579 N.W.2d 431 (1998).

• People v. Schmidt, 579 N.W.2d 431 (1998).

• People. v. Gary Schmidt, 579 N.W.2nd 431 (1998).

You are citing to Rule 801 of the Federal Rules of Evidence in a motion to suppress. It appears in Title 28 of the United States Code. This rule was published in 2011 and is currently in force.

•   28 U.S.C. § 801 (2011).

• Fed. R. Evid. 801.

• 28 U.S.C. § 801.

• Fed. R. Ev. 801.

In a court filing, you are citing to section 2539 of the Business and Professions Code found in West’s Annotated California Code. The year on the spine is 2015. 

• Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2539 (West 2015).

•   Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2539.

• Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2539 (2015).

• CAL. BUS. & PROF. CODE § 2539 (West 2015).

Create a citation for the following case. Wayne Johnson verses Jana Harrison and Laronna Peeples. The case was decided in 2013 by the Texas Court of Appeals, Waco. It was reported in volume 399 of the third series of the Southwest Reporter. The case starts on page 348, but you are specifically citing to material found on page 350. No petition has been filed, and the time for filing has expired.

• Johnson v. Harrison & Peeples, 399 S.W.3d 348, 350 (Tex. App. — Waco 2013, no pet.).

• Johnson v. Harrison, 399 S.W.3d 348, 350 (Tex. Civ. App. – Waco, 2013, no pet.).

• Johnson v. Harrison, 399 S.W.3d 348, 350 (Tex. App. — Waco 2013, no pet.).

• Johnson v. Harrison, 399 S.W.3d 348, 350 (Tex. App. — Waco 2013, no pet. h.).

Create a short citation for the following case. David Young verses Joshua Park. This 1980 Supreme Court of Rhode Island decision is published in volume 417 of the Atlantic Reporter, second series. The case begins on page 889, but you are citing to material found on page 891. You have previously cited to this case in full, but you have cited to several other cases before this citation.

• Young v. Park, 417 A.2d 889, 891 (R.I. 1980).

• Young, 417 A.2d 889, at 891 (R.I. 1980).

• Park, 417 A.2d 891.

• Young, 417 A.2d at 891.

Create a citation for the following case. Kevin Albright versus Roger Oliver, a 1994 case reported in Volume 510, page 266 of the United States Reports. You want to refer specifically to material appearing on page 278 in the concurring opinion of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

• Albright, 510 U.S. 278 (1994) (Ginsburg, J., concurring).

• Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 278 (1994) (Ginsburg, J., concurring).

• Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 278 (1994) (Ginsburg, J., concur).

• Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 278 (1994).