CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW

Lawyering Skill Program
Fall Semester 2014

LEWIS Section D

CITATION EXERCISES: BASIC STATE COURT CITATIONS

Instructions: Please complete parts a, b & c for each of the following 5 case citation
exercises. Submit your responses electronically on TWEN by class time on
Friday, Sept. 5. Participation credit is awarded only if the citation exercises are submitted
on time. An answer key will be posted following class.

(1) Basic Form: State - Names and Initials

Joe T. Foster, Appellee, versus Tillman Hill, Jr., Appellant

Tennessee Court of Appeals

Volume 510 of the South Western Reporter, second series, beginning
on page 520

December 4, 1973

a. Prepare a full citation to the above case in a citation sentence, pinpointing to page 521.

b. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case just cited in full. There have been no
intervening citations. Pinpoint to page 522.

c. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case previously cited in full. The last citation
in the document was to a different authority. Pinpoint to page 522.


(2) Case Name Abbreviations in Citation Sentences: State

Vernon Peterson, Appellant
versus
Front Page, Incorporated, Ned L. Nastrom, Sr. and Douglas J. Bowers, Appellees

Supreme Court of North Dakota

Volume 462 of the North Western Reporter, second series, beginning on page 157

October 31, 1990, Filed

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a. Prepare a full citation to the above case in a citation sentence, pinpointing to page 160.

b. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case just cited in full. There have been no
intervening citations. Pinpoint to page 160.

c. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case previously cited in full. The last citation
in the document was to a different authority. Pinpoint to page 160.


(3) Case Name Abbreviations: State

Quinlivan versus the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Incorporated

Supreme Court of Michigan

Volume 395 of Michigan Reports, beginning on page 244
Volume 235 of the North Western Reporter, second series, beginning on page 732

November 25, 1975, Decided

a. Prepare a full citation to the above case in a citation sentence, pinpointing to page 256 of
the Michigan Reports, and/or page 738 of the North Western Reporter.

b. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case just cited in full. There have been no
intervening citations. Pinpoint to page 260 of the Michigan Reports, and/or page 740 of the
North Western Reporter.

c. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case previously cited in full. The last citation
in the document was to a different authority. Pinpoint to page 257 of the Michigan Reports,
and/or page 738 of the North Western Reporter.


(4) Embedded Citation in Textual Sentence

Master Consolidated Corporation, Appellant
versus
BancOhio National Bank, Appellee

No. 90-1388

Supreme Court of Ohio

Volume 61 of Ohio State Reports, third series, beginning at page 570
Volume 575 of the North Eastern Reporter, second series, beginning at page 817

August 28, 1991, Decided
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a. Prepare a full citation to the above case, pinpointing to page 574 of the Ohio Reports,
and/or page 821 of the North Eastern Reporter. The citation will be embedded in a textual
sentence.

b. Prepare a short form citation to the case just cited in full. There have been no intervening
citations. Pinpoint to page 576 of the Ohio Reports, and/or page 822 of the North Eastern
Reporter. The citation will be embedded in a textual sentence.

c. Prepare a short form citation to the case previously cited in full. The last citation in the
document was to a different authority. Pinpoint to page 823 of the North Eastern Reporter.
The citation will be embedded in a textual sentence.


(5) Pinpointing Consecutive Pages; Double Business Designation

Hobart Brothers Company, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant
versus
National Union Fire Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Greenwich Insurance
Company, formerly known as Harbor Insurance Company, a California Corporation,
Defendants-Respondents

Docket No. A-4962-00t2

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division

Volume 806 of the Atlantic Reporter, second series, beginning on page 810

September 9, 2002, Decided

a. Prepare a full citation to the above case in a citation sentence, pinpointing to a passage that
begins on page 817 and continues to the top of page 818.

b. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case just cited in full. There have been no
intervening citations. Pinpoint to page 817.

c. Prepare a short form citation sentence to the case previously cited in full. The last citation
in the document was to a different authority. Pinpoint to page 818.