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article that appeared in the periodical “Texas Journal on Civil Liberties<br />

and Civil Rights.” You are not sure how the words in the periodical title<br />

should be abbreviated in a footnote citation. Which table should you refer<br />

to<br />

10. You are also unsure which typeface should be used for the name of the<br />

periodical in a footnote citation. What rule should you refer to<br />

11. Rewrite the periodical name in the correct typeface and with the correct<br />

abbreviations for a footnote citation.<br />

12. You are a law review associate editor who is reviewing an article that<br />

includes a quotation from the Bible. You are not sure how to cite to the<br />

Bible, and you do not which rule contains this information. Where in The<br />

Bluebook should you begin your search<br />

13. You are preparing a student note for submission to your school’s law<br />

review. You find yourself making a number of successive references to the<br />

same handful of sources. You are concerned that your repetitive full<br />

citations to the same sources are redundant and unnecessary, and would<br />

like general guidance regarding the use of short citation forms. What rule<br />

should you refer to<br />

14. You are a law review associate editor. In citations to an article you are<br />

editing, you come across two case names, “Jordan v. United States<br />

Department of Justice” and “United States v. Morrison.” You know that<br />

sometimes geographic units like “United States” are abbreviated in<br />

citations, but you are not sure when. Naturally, you are concerned that the<br />

edits you submit be in complete conformity with The Bluebook. What rule<br />

should you refer to<br />

15. Rewrite the case names with appropriate abbreviations.<br />

16. You are a respected law professor and sought-after academic who is<br />

preparing an article for publication in a prominent law review. Throughout<br />

your article, you make several references to a case called “Runyon v.<br />

McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976).” Striving, as always, for economy in your<br />

citations, you would like to use a short citation form wherever possible,<br />

but your citations to this case are not all consecutive. What rule can help<br />

you determine where you may use a short citation form for this case<br />

17. In one instance, you cite Runyon in footnote 4, and again in footnote 11.<br />

May you use a short form citation in footnote 11<br />

18. In another instance, you make a full citation to Runyon in footnote 14, use<br />

an “id.” form citation in footnote 15, and cite Runyon again in footnote 20.<br />

May you use a short form in footnote 20<br />

19. Rewrite the citation in the short form, citing specifically to page 170 of the<br />

opinion.<br />

20. May you use a “supra” form for your successive, nonconsecutive<br />

references to Runyon Why or why not<br />

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