1. Using Blue Pages of the BB – for court documents
Using Blue Pages of the BB – for court documents. Table 1 for MD says to use parallel citations, but…. Also ( Rule 6.1 P. 87) No space in one letter abbreviations, and a space for two letters.
1. Identify the correct citation: a. State of Maryland v. C. M. Pair, 416 Md. 157 (2010). b. State v. Pair, 416 Md. 157 (2010). c. State v. Pair, 5 A. 3d 1090 (2010). d. State v. Pair, 416 Md. 157, 5 A.3d 1090 (2010).

2. BB 10.9 Case Names – and avoid using geographical terms in short forms – p. 116
Identify the correct short citation format for the entire decision for the case cited in Question 1:
a. Pair, 416 Md. 157, 5 A.3d 1090.
b. State, 416 Md. 157.
c. State of Maryland, 5 A.3d 1090.
d. Md, 416 Md. 157.

3. Maryland Code abbreviations – Table 1, page 268
3. Choose the correct cite the codification of AN ACT concerning Criminal Procedure—DNA—Postconviction Review and Felony Convictions, 2003 Maryland Laws Ch. 240:
a. MD Code, Public Safety, § 2-502, MD PUBLIC SAFETY §
b. MD. CODE ANN., PUB. SAFETY, § (West 2003).
c. MD. CODE ANN., PUBLIC SAFETY, § 2-502, (MICHIE 2011).
d. MD. CODE ANNOTATED, PUBLIC SAFETY, SEC , (West 2003).

4. BB Rule 10.8 PP
4. Identify the correct cite RMS of Wisconsin, Inc. v. S-K JV and J.F. Shea Construction, Inc. an unpublished case from the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The case was decided on March 31, 2016 and is included in Westlaw at 2016 WL The docket number for this case is 13- CV-1071:
a. RMS of Wisconsin, Inc. v. S-K JV, No. 13-CV-1071, 2015 WL (E.D. Wis. March 31, 2016).
b. RMS of Wisconsin, Inc. v. S-K JV and J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., No. 13-CV-1071, 2016 WL , (E.D. WI 2016).
c. RMS of Wisconsin, Inc. v. S-K JV, No. 13 -CV-1071, 2016 WL (E.D. Wis. Mar. 31, 2016).
d. RMS v. S-K, No , 2016 WL (E.D. Wis. 2016).

5. F. Supp. Citations – always provide court/jurisdictional information – Rule 10.4
5. Which of the following citations is correct:
a. Disney Enterprises v. Delane, 446F.Supp.2d 402 (2006).
b. Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Delane, 446 F. Supp. 2d 402 (2006).
c. Disney Enterprises v. Delane, 446 F. Supp. 2d 402 (4th Cir. 2006).
d. Disney Enterprises v. Delane, 446 F.Supp. 2d 402 (D. Md. 2006).

6. BB Rule 4.1
6. Identify the correct citation for the pinpoint citation to page 497 of the Disney Enterprises case in question 5. You need to cite to this case in the next sentence of your brief, without any intervening cites:
a. Id. at 402, 497.
b. Disney Enterprises at 497.
c. Id. at 497.
d. Delane at 497.

7. Rule 10.3.1 P. 102 – Non-State Court Documents
7. You are an attorney practicing in New York and have a case in Southern District of New York. Identify the correct citation for Aetna Insurance Company versus Albert G. Aaron, a reported case in volume 112 of the Maryland Appellate Reporter page 472 and in 685 of the Atlantic Reporter, Second Series. The case was decided in 1996:
a. Aetna Ins. Co. v. Aaron, 685 A.2d 858 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1996).
b. Aetna Ins. Co. v. Aaron, 112 Md. App. 472, 685 A. 2d 858 (1996).
c. Aetna v. Aaron, 685 A. 2d 858 (1996).
d. Aetna Ins. Co. v. Aaron, 112 Md. App. 472 (1996).

8. Rule 1.5 – p 64 Parenthetical information required – Titles are italicized.
You are writing a brief in the case of Diamond v. Postar and wish to include a section praising the virtues of CREAC for office memos. You find a good source in the book Legal Writing, by Richard K. Neumann, Jr., published in by Wolters Kluwer Publishing Company. You want to include an appropriate signal and parenthetical. The Neumann text states that students who use the CREAC structure on exam answers get better grades because their answers are more logical and readable. The cited authority supports a proposition different from your main idea, but it is close enough that it offers support. Identify the correct citation:
a. See generally, Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Legal Writing (2015) (students who use CREAC receive better grades for essays in law school because their papers are written in a more logical and readable style).
b. Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Legal Writing (2015) (students who use CREAC receive better grades for essays in law school because their papers are written in a more logical and readable style).
c. Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Legal Writing (Wolters Kluwer, 2015).
d. Neumann, Richard K. Legal Writing (2015) (students who use CREAC receive better grades for essays in law school because their papers are written in a more logical and readable style).

9. Rule 12. 9. 4 p 131 – use the volume number if you have one
Rule p 131 – use the volume number if you have one. BB says to use Am. Law Inst. – practice is changing.
9. Identify the correct citation for section 203 of the second volume of the second edition of the Restatement of Contracts. The publication date is 1981:
a. Restatement, Contracts, § 203 (1981).
b. 2 Restatement (Second) Contracts, § 203 (1981).
c. Restatement (Second) Contracts, § 203 (1981, 2017).
d. 2 Restatement of Contracts, 2d Series, § 203 (2017).

10. Rule p. 130
10. Identify the correct citation for Maryland Rule (c), which governs the adoption process in Family Law actions: a. Family Law Art. R (c). b. Md. Fam. L. R (c). c. Md. Rule 9-111(c). d. Maryland R (c).

11. Rule 10.6.3 p 108 - Pinpoint cite and a parenthetical
11. This citation is correct: Breard v. Pruett, 134 F.3d 615, 619 (4th Cir. 1998) (quoting Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 735 n.1 (1991)) (“A procedural default also occurs when a habeas petitioner fails to exhaust available State remedies and ‘the court to which the petitioner would be required to present his claims in order to meet the exhaustion requirement would now find the claims procedurally barred.’ ”) T/F

12. Look to source for abbreviations and to Tables
Look to source for abbreviations and to Tables. Cite to both book and pocket part dates if reference is in both.
12. The correct citation to section 1, topic Injunctions in the Maryland Law Encyclopedia is 12 M.L.E. Injunctions § 1 (2011 & Supp. 2016). T/F

13. Why is this wrong? – the “art” of bluebooking…
13. The correct citation for this law review article is Marc A. DeSimone, “A Middle Temperature Between The Two”: Exploring Intermediate Remedies For The Failure To Comply With Maryland's Eyewitness Identification Statute, 46 U. Balt. L. Rev (2017). T/F

14. See Rule 15, p 149
14. The correct cite to section of the Trial Handbook for Maryland Lawyers, published in 2016 is Jacob A. Stein, Trial Handbook for Maryland Lawyers, § (3d ed & Supp ). T/F

15. It’s all in the fine print…
15. The correct citation for the quote “An assertion that appellant was terminated because of inferior performance on the job suggested that it was founded on fact and that appellant was incapable or unqualified to fulfill the obligations of a senior administrator at a community college” in Frank Samuels v. James Tschechtelin, decided by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on October 13, 2000 and reported at 135 Md. App. 483, 763 A. 2d 209. The quote appears on pages 551 of the Md. App and 245 of the A. 2d: Samuels v. Tschechtelin, 135 Md. App. 483, 763 A.2d 209 at 551 and 245 (2000). T/F

16. Help Georgetown’s Online Guide Cornell’s Basic Legal Citation Guide
Maryland Citations (UB Legal Writing Center)