Exercise 5: Short Forms (Cases) Complete Exercise

B10.2 and Rules 4.1 and 10.9

In the immediately preceding sentence of a legal memorandum, without an intervening cite, you cited to Mitsubishi Motors Cop. V. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 478 U.S. 614 (1985). You next wish to cite to page 616 of the case.

Id. at 616.

Two paragraphs later, after citing to other cases and a statute, you wish to cite again to page 616 of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614 (1985). You have been referring to the case in text as “Mitsubishi Motors.”

Mitsubishi Motors, 473 U.S. at 616.

On page 3 of your legal memorandum, you cited to Nat’l Iranian Oil v. Ashland Oil, Inc., 817 F.2d 326 (5th Cir. 1987). In the same general discussion, on page 6 of your memo, you would like to cite to Nat’l Iranian Oil again, only you would like to focus your reader’s attention on information beginning on page 328 and continuing on page 329 of the court’s opinion. You have cited to other cases on pages 4 and 5 of your memorandum.

Nat'l Iranian Oil, 817 F.2d at 328-29.

In the next sentence, you would like to cite to pages 328 and 329 of Nat’l Iranian Oil again. No intervening cites appear between the citation in Problem #3 above and the current cite.

Id.

In the same legal memorandum, you again wish to refer to Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614 (1985), focusing your reader’s attention on information on page 617. The immediately preceding citation sentence reads, “Mitsubishi Motors, 473 U.S. at 617; Nat’l Iranian Oil v. Ashland Oil, Inc., 817 F.2d 326 (5th Cir. 1987).” Draft the appropriate short form.

Mitsubishi Motors, 473 U.S. at 617.