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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1975 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Inc. Fund attorney in the Charlotte case?
(a) Jordan Nabrit III.
(b) James Nabrit III.
(c) Justin Nabrit III.
(d) Julius Nabrit III.

2. In what month does the ACLU appeal the Court of Appeals decision to lift the injunction to the Supreme Court
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

3. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the chief justice wants to assign them.
(b) When the chief justice is in the majority.
(c) When the chief justice is the senior justice.
(d) When the oldest justice is in the minority.

4. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per curiam.
(b) Per justicium.
(c) Per informa.
(d) Per solitarium.

5. Burger circulates his latest version of the executive privilege section of the Watergate draft on what day?
(a) July 11.
(b) July 17.
(c) July 9.
(d) July 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. The decision on the death penalty cases in the 1971 term is announced on what day?

2. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?

3. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?

4. Blackmun had been general counsel at what location when he was in private practice?

5. Which justice writes the first order refusing to halt the bombings?

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