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Mandatory authority correct answers Law which is binding on the court deciding the case Persuasive authority correct answers Non-binding law which can influence the court deciding the case What is stare decisis? correct answers Stare decisis means that current cases are treated consistently with past precedent (according to hierarchy) In other words, judges look to and follow prior decisions in deciding current cases with similar facts and legal issues as those prior decisions Where does a supreme court of a state appeal to on a federal issue? correct answers US Supreme Court Is the California Superior Court bound by the local Circuit Court? correct answers No When can you use an in-text short cite? correct answers After you've already made a full citation in the text Is the trial court bound by prior cases at trial court level? correct answers No Can you use "id." if the reference is in the preceding cite, but the preceding cite has two references? correct answers No Are trial court decisions published? correct answers No In CA, can you cite unpublished decisions? correct answers No Trial court decisions are unpublished What do parentheticals do? correct answers They are explanatory They give additional information that give relevance to the citation. They usually start with an -ing verb (holding, finding, quoting, etc) What do signals do? correct answers Signals show how the authority relates to the text that it follows or other materials What types of signals are there? (four) correct answers Support Comparison Contradiction Background Writing string signals correct answers Separate the similarities and differences with a period Group the similarities together, and differences in another group, with semicolons.