For the first assignment, try these short questions involving legal research:
1. Please enter the correct citation for the Supreme Court case of Lamb against California, which was decided on January 7, 1963 and is recorded on page 234 of volume 371 in the United States Reporter.
2. Please list all of the courts whose decisions are binding upon the federal district court for the District of Massachusetts.
3. From the following sources of law within our legal system, list them in the order of most binding to least binding (assume all involved laws are valid) and explain why that order exists.
a. state constitution;
b. federal constitution;
c. state legislation;
d. federal legislation;
4. Describe a situation in which a case would not be mandatory authority even though it is from your state and describe a situation in which a case would be mandatory authority even though it did not originate in your state.