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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the attorney who represents the petitioner before the court in the Texas abortion case?
(a) Ruth Gillers.
(b) Mary Madison.
(c) Sarah Weddington.
(d) Sandra O'Conner.

2. Black and Harlan are in what hospital in July 1971?
(a) University of Maryland Hospital.
(b) John Hopkins.
(c) Bethesda Naval Hospital.
(d) Walter Reed.

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

4. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Black.

5. Hugo Black is asked to rule on the delay of racial segregation in what state?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What justice does the ACLU go to when they do not like the ruling of the first justice?

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

3. What is the name of the 1972 case in which the court has to decide if resident aliens can become members of the bar?

4. When does the court's term begin?

5. When is the first day of the court's term each year?

(see the answer key)

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