Exercise 4: Parallel Citations

Exercise 4: PARALLEL CITATIONS In a brief filed with the Supreme Court of Virginia, you cite the 1912 Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia case Lyons versus Fairmont Real Estate Company. The case is reported in volume 71, page 754, of West Virginia Reports and in volume 77, page 525, of South Eastern Reporter. Lyons v. Fairmont Real Est. Co., 77 S.E. 525 (W. Va. 1912). In a brief to the United States Supreme Court, you cite the 1950 Supreme Court of Oklahoma case West Edmond Salt Water Disposal Association versus L.T. Rosecrans, et al. This case is reported in volume 204, page 9, of Oklahoma Reports, and in volume 226, page 965, of Pacific Reporter, Second Series. W. Edmond Salt Water Disposal Ass'n v. Rosecrans, 226 P.2d 965 (Okla. 1950). In a brief to the Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in Texas, you cite the 1983 Supreme Court of Texas case Earl Gooden, et al., Appellants, versus Eugene Tips, M.D., Appellee. The case is reported in volume 651, page 364, of South Western Reporter, Second Series, and in volume 43, page 139, of American Law Reports, Fourth Series. The State of Texas ceased publication of its state reporter in 1962. Gooden v. Tips, 651 S.W.2d 364 (Tex. 1983). In a brief to the Supreme Court of Arkansas, you cite the September 23, 1985, Supreme Court of Arkansas case Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant versus Helen Porterfield, Appellee. This case is reported in volume 287, page 27, of Arkansas Reports; in volume 695, page 833, of South Western Reporter, Second Series; and in volume 27, page 977, of Education Law Reports. Local appellate rules provide that both the state and regional reporter should be cited to the Arkansas Supreme Court. 833 (1985). Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Porterfield, 287 Ark. 27, 695 S.W.2d In a brief to the Supreme Court of Idaho, you cite the 2007 Court of Appeals of Washington case Charles W. Geer and Lynne W. Geer, Appellants, versus Alan Tonnon and Jane Doe Tonnon, Respondents. This case is reported in volume 137, page 838, of Washington Appellate Reports, and in volume 155, page 163, of Pacific Reporter, Third Series. Geer v. Tonnon, 155 P.3d 163 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). In a brief filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, you cite the 1965 Supreme Court of Mississippi case Carl Murphy, Jr. versus State of Mississippi. The case is reported in volume 253, page 644, of Mississippi Reports, and in volume 178, page 692, of Southern Reporter, Second Series. Murphy v. State, 178 So. 2d 692 (Miss. 1965). In a brief to the United States Supreme Court, you cite the 1985 Court of Appeals of Maryland case Olen J. Kelley, et ux. versus R.G. Industries, Inc., et al. This case is reported in volume 54, page 2195, of United States Law Week; in volume 44, page 563, of American Law Reports, Fourth Series; in volume 497, page 1143, of Atlantic Reporter, Second Series; and in volume 304, page 124, of Maryland Reports. Kelley v. R.G. Indus., Inc., 497 A.2d 1143 (Md. 1985). In a brief filed with the Nebraska Supreme Court, you cite the 1999 Supreme Court of Nebraska case Ann Kennedy Elsome, appellee, versus Paul T. Elsome, appellant. This case is reported in volume 257, page 889, of Nebraska Reports, and in volume 601, page 537, of North Western Reporter, Second Series. Elsome v. Elsome, 257 Neb. 889, 601 N.W.2d 537 (1999). In a brief filed with the South Dakota Supreme Court, you cite the 2016 South Dakota Supreme Court case Kevin L. Hughbanks versus Bob Dooley. This case is reported in volume 887, page 319, of North Western Reporter, Second Series. This case was given the sequential number of 76 by the South Dakota Supreme Court. Hughbanks v. Dooley, 2016 SD 76, 887 N.W.2d 319. In a brief filed with the Montana Supreme Court, you cite the 2015 Montana Supreme Court case Walter M. Larson, Jr., Petitioner and Appellant, versus State of Montana, Respondent and Appellee. This case is reported in volume 381, page 94, of Montana Reports and in volume 356, page 488, of Pacific Reporter, Third Series. It was given the sequential number of 271 by the Montana Supreme