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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 Allen case.
(b) The Rutherford case.
(c) The Marshall case.
(d) The Turmond case.

2. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The decision conference.
(b) The case conference.
(c) The conferring conference.
(d) Meet and confer.

4. Who is the attorney for Inc. Fund when they bring the school case before the Court?
(a) Clark Emch.
(b) Jordan Mitchell.
(c) Regan Lewis.
(d) Jack Greenbery.

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) Ten years.
(c) Eleven years.
(d) Twelve years.

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

7. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

8. On what day does Harlan resign from the Court?
(a) September 28.
(b) September 16.
(c) September 20.
(d) September 23.

9. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) December.

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

11. In Charlotte, North Carolina, what is the name of the judge who orders desegregation in Mecklenberg County?
(a) Justin McLawson.
(b) Judas McAdams.
(c) Jorge McDawling.
(d) James McMillan.

12. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Bivens.
(c) Rosenberg.
(d) Douglas.

13. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?
(a) The racial composition of residential districts.
(b) The racial composition of the student population.
(c) The racial composition of the business districts.
(d) The racial composition of the population.

14. What is the issue in Phillips v. Martin Marietta?
(a) Free speech.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Illegal searches.
(d) Desegregation.

15. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) July 20.
(b) June 20.
(c) June 23.
(d) July 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

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

3. Douglas assigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?

4. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?

5. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?

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