Homework Assignment #9
Bluebook Citations
Provide the proper citation formats, as according to the Bluebook, for the following sources of law. Be sure to use signals and explanatory notes where appropriate:
1. A United States Supreme Court case in which the non-profit organization called Citizens United was the appellant and the Federal Election Commission was the appellee, decided on January 21, 2010. Provide parallel citations to the United States Reporter, page 310, volume 558, and the Supreme Court Reporter, volume 130, page 876.
2. A short form citation for your citation in answer to Question 1 above that cites specifically to material found on page 319 of the United States Reporter. Assume that you have cited to other legal authorities since you last cited the case above.
3. A California Supreme Court decision to grant a petition for review on a case in which a minor’s competency to stand trial was questioned, styled in the matter of R.V., appearing on the 861st page of the 308th volume of the Pacific Reporter, Third Series, and decided on September 25, 2013.
4. An administrative rule entitled “Qualifications of Applicants” located in the Code of Federal Regulations in Section 1.24 of Chapter I of Title 27. Assume that you are citing the rule for the proposition that the issuance of a permit is mandatory if all elements are proven by the applicant.
5. A federal statute appearing in Subsection (c) of Section 1403 of Chapter 5 of Title 6 of the appropriate source of law.
6. A United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in which James Obergefell appealed the decision of the Southern District of Ohio against the Richard Hodges, the Director of the Ohio Department of Health, appearing on page 388 in volume 722 of the Federal Reporter’s Third Series and decided on November 6, 2014. Note that the opinion was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2015, in an opinion published in volume 135, page 2584 of the Supreme Court Reporter.
7. Cite to pages 567-568 of the following opinion as shown on LexisNexis:
8. Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
9. Comment a to Section 50 of Chapter 10, Part 4, of the Restatement (Third) of Trusts, which addresses “Enforcement and Construction of Discretionary Interests,” as published in 2003. This source supports a position slightly different from the proposition you’re citing it for, but it’s sufficiently similar to lend support to your overall argument.
10. An article appearing in the 82nd volume of the Fordham Law Review in October 2013, starting on page 245, written by Ryan Gabay and entitled, “Sunbeam: A Ray of Hope for Trademark Licensees.” Cite
