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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW CITATION TEST VERSION ALRW - FALL SEMESTER 2009 ANSWER SHEET

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Instructor: ________________________________ Section: __________________

INSTRUCTIONS

Please mark spaces in your citations with a carat ^ or dot . Note that the spacing in the Problems is not always correct. Please clearly underline all that the Bluebook requires to be underlined or italicized.

Punctuate your citation sentences. All citations are full, free-standing citation sentences in legal memoranda. Do not citeas if for a law review, and do not follow any local rules that may govern briefs filed instate court.

Use Bluebook citation rules , following Rule 10.3.1 and Table T.1 as needed for thecorrect reporter.

You do not need to provide parallel citations for your answers. WORK CAREFULLY. Small details, including spelling, count.

These Problems have been carefully vetted. However, if you believe that there is anambiguity in a problem, please specify the issue on your answer sheet, and answer theProblem as best as you can.


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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW CITATION TEST VERSION ALRW - FALL SEMESTER 2009 PROBLEMS PAGE 1 OF 3

PROBLEM ONE 15 Points

Directions: Cite to text appearing on pages 250 through 251 of the Pacific Reporter in the following case.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Plaintiff-Appellant: DONBURI TRANSPORTATION, INC.,v.

Defendants-Appellees: COLORADO PUBLIC EQUALITY COMMISSION and DSC PURGATORY, LLC, d/b/a TAITRANSPORT.

Case No. 04SA391

122 P. 3d 244; 2005 Colo. LEXIS 987

October 24, 2005, Decided

PROBLEM TWO 30 Points

Directions: Cite to portion of the concurrence described below.

Montana Chamber of Commerce, et alv.

Brent Moren and League of Women Voters of Montana

No. 76-1150

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

436 U.S. 371; 98 S. Ct. 1852; 56 L. Ed. 2d 354; 1978 U.S. LEXIS 27; 8 ELR 20425

October 5, 1977, ArguedMay 23, 1978, Decided

CONCURRENCE BY MR. JUSTICE WHITE

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Justice White cites sections 18774 through 18780 of the Annotated Montana Code, published in 1974. This appears on page 395 of the United States Reports, page 1867 of the Supreme Court Reporter and page 373 of the LawyersEdition.


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PROBLEM THREE 25 Points

Directions: Cite to the following case. Include prior history in the citation.

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitSARAH SPAM, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and AMC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 05-3984, No. 06-3086

506 F.3d 525; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 24259

April 13, 2007, ArguedOctober 17, 2007, Decided

PRIOR HISTORY :

Sarah Spam, Plaintiff, v. Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Inc. and AMC Mortgage Services, Inc., Defendants.

No. 05-CV-0432

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION

2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3788; 46 F.Supp.2d 899

January 31, 2006, Decided

DISPOSITION : Reversed.

PROBLEM FOUR 15 Points

Directions: Cite to the following case.

Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Four

BAMBOO BROTHERS MASONRY et al., Petitionersv.

SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF BONITO, Respondent.Civ. No. 69767

150 Cal. App. 3d 933; 198 Cal. Rptr. 249; 1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 1505

January 13, 1984


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PROBLEM FIVE 10 Points

Directions: Cite to the bolded portions of the statute.

UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE

*** Approved in 2005. The selected portion appears in the 2006 publication of the U.S. Code. ***

TITLE 13. CENSUSSUBCHAPTER II. POPULATION, HOUSING, AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Section 141. Population and other census information.

..

) Without regard to subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Secretary, in the year 1985 and every 10 years

) (1) If--n the administration of any program established by or under Federal law which provides benefits to State

(B) , then in the

(2) With on, the

(B) the Secretary's determination of

(C) of this subsection and before the appropriate

(d thereafter, shall conduct a mid-decade census of population. The census shall be taken as of the first day of April ofeach such year, which date shall be known as the "mid-decade census date".

(e(A) i

or local governments or to other recipients, eligibility for or the amount of such benefits would bedetermined by taking into account data obtained in the most recent decennial census, andcomparable data is obtained in a mid-decade census conducted after such decennial censusdetermination of such eligibility or amount of benefits the most recent data available shall be used.respect to each decennial and mid-decade census conducted under subsection (a) or (d) of this secti

Secretary shall submit to the committees of Congress having legislative jurisdiction over the census--(A) not later than 3 years before the appropriate census date, a report containing the Secretary's

determination of the subjects proposed to be included in such census;

not later than 2 years before the appropriate census date, a report containingthe questions proposed to be included in such census; andafter submission of a report under paragraph (1) or (2)census date, if the Secretary finds new circumstances exist which necessitate that the subjects, typesof information, or questions contained in reports so submitted be modified, a report containing theSecretary's determination of the subjects or questions as proposed to be modified.

PROBLEM SIX 15 Points

irections: Cite to the following case.

WASABI, INC. on behalf of HARRY NAKAMURA v. YSM PACIFIC MOONWATCHERS COMPANY

L. A. No. 93889

Supreme Court of California

70 P. 3d 981; 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 553; 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5041

June 11, 2 03, Filed

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2009 CITATION TEST VERSION A 110 Points Needed to Pass: 80 Points

PROBLEM ONE 15 Points

Donburi Transp., Inc. v. Colo. Pub. Equal. Commn, 122 P.3d 244, 250-51 (Colo. 2005).

- Rule 10.2 Case Names (5 points)o Abbreviations Table 6 and Table 10- Rule 10.3.2 Reporters (3 points)o Table 1

- Rule 3.2(a) Pages (2 points)o Include pinciteo Drop repetitive digits except last two

- Rule 10.4 Court (2 points)- Rule 10.5 Year (1 point)- Spacing & Punctuation (2 points)

PROBLEM TWO 30 Points

Mont. Chamber of Commerce v. Moren, 436 U.S. 371, 395 (1978) (White, J., concurring) (citing Mont. Code Ann. 18774-18780 (1974)).

- Rule 10.2 Case Names (7 points)o Drop given names 10.2.1(g)o Abbreviations Table 6 and Table 10

- Rule 10.3.2 Reporters (3 points)- Rule 3.2(a) Pages (2 points)

o Include pincite- Rule 10.4 Court (2 points)- Rule 10.5 Year (1 point)

- Rule 10.6 Parentheticals (6 points)o Weight of authority 10.6.1o Citing parenthenticals 10.6.2

- Rule 3.3 Sections (2 points)o Multiple sections 3.3(b); note these are not abbreviated like pages are

- Rule 12.3 Codes (5 points)o Table 1

- Spacing & Punctuation (2 points)

PROBLEM THREE 25 Points

Spam v. Ameriquest Mortg. Co., 506 F.3d 525 (7th Cir. 2007), revg 46 F. Supp. 2d 899 (N.D. Ill. 2006).

- Rule 10.2 Case Names (8 points)o Drop given names 10.2.1(g)o Abbreviations Table 6o Business firm designations 10.2.1(h)

- Rule 10.3.2 Reporters (6 points)o Table 1

- Rule 10.4 Court (4 points)- Rule 10.5 Year (2 points)


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- Rule 10.7.1 Prior or Subsequent History (3 points)o Revg does not have a comma after it


PROBLEM FOUR 15 Points

Bamboo Bros. Masonry v. Sch. Bd., 198 Cal. Rptr. 249 (Ct. App. 1984).

- Rule 10.2 Case Names (7 points)o Abbreviations Table 6o Geographical terms - 10.2.1(f)

This is a government organization and not a business or similar entity and so the of Bonitoshould get dropped


- Rule 10.4 Court (2 points)o Drop the Cal. in the court parenthetical b/c it appears in the reporter 10.4(b)

- Rule 10.5 Year (1 point)- Spacing & Punctuation (2 points)

PROBLEM FIVE 10 Points

13 U.S.C. 141(e)(2)(A), (C) (2006).

- Rule 3.3 Sections (3 points)o Multiple subsections 3.3(b)

- Rule 12.3 Codes (5 points)o Table 1


PROBLEM SIX 15 Points

Wasabi, Inc. ex rel. Naka mura v. YSM Pac. Moonwatchers Co., 70 P.3d 981 (Cal. 2003).

- Rule 10.2 Case Names (7 points)o Procedural phrases 10.2.1(b)o Drop given names 10.2.1(g)o Abbreviations Table 6


- Rule 10.4 Court (2 points)- Rule 10.5 Year (1 point)- Spacing & Punctuation (2 points)

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