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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Rutherford case.
(b) The Allen case.
(c) The Turmond case.
(d) The Marshall case.

2. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?
(a) At the Press Club.
(b) At the University Club.
(c) At the chief justice's home.
(d) At work.

3. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?
(a) About half.
(b) Seven or eight.
(c) None.
(d) Three or four.

4. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?
(a) Papers.
(b) Briefs.
(c) Arguments.
(d) Memoranda.

5. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) John Mitchell.
(b) Potter Stewart.
(c) Warren R. Burger.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?

2. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

3. The Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. is a case that has been bouncing around the courts for how many years?

4. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?

5. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

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