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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Justice concludes that federal judges can order whatever remedy they feel is required by the situation?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Black.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Burger.

2. On what day does Burger circulate his draft opinion in the Charlotte case?
(a) December 10.
(b) December 9.
(c) December 11.
(d) December 8.

3. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Burger.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Black.
(d) Douglas.

4. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?
(a) National security.
(b) Prior restraint.
(c) Harmful content.
(d) Illicit content.

5. 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?
(a) Thirteen years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eleven years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?

2. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?

3. What room does Berger want to take as his office?

4. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

5. What change does Berger make to the actual bench the justices sat at?

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