Test Your Knowledge

Questions

1. What is the citation for a statute requiring persons who have been found guilty of certain crimes to make mandatory restitution to the victims? Cite both the U.S. Code Annotated and the Statutes at Large. Answer
   
2. Sometimes the rules in the Bluebook conflict with the rules in the Greenbook. For example, the Bluebook rule mandates the insertion of “West” in the parenthetical portion of a citation to a Texas statute:
   
   

   Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 773.045 (West 1995).

   
   In contrast, the Greenbook rule demands the insertion of “Vernon” instead:
   
   

   Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 773.045 (Vernon 1995).

   
   Which citation form is correct? Answer
   
3. Does a minor in the state of Texas require consent of a parent or guardian to receive a body piercing? Must a parent or guardian be present at the time a minor receives a piercing? Give the full citation to the relevant section of the relevant
   Texas code. Answer
   
4. According to a Kentucky Statute, a tenured teacher can be terminated for "Immoral character or conduct unbecoming a teacher." Would that include the use of marijuana? What is the citation of the case where the above issue was decided? Answer
   

Answers:

1.

“Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes.” 18 U.S.C.A. §3663A

“Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996” 110 Stat. 1227

2.

When citing Texas law, the Greenbook rule always takes precedence over the Bluebook.

3.

See the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 146, for statutes governing body piercing studios.

Consent of a parent or guardian is required.

At one time the parent or guardian was not required to be present if a written and notarized statement by the parent or guardian were provided, but the law has been amended recently to require the presence of the parent or guardian. Be sure to check the pocket part to see the most current form of the law.

Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 146.0125 (Vernon Supp. 2003).

4.

Use LexisNexis Academic to search the Kentucky state codes.

KRS § 161.790 (2004) governs teachers’ tenure. (Subsection 1(b) mentions “Immoral character or conduct unbecoming a teacher.”)

In the “Notes to Decisions” following the statute, under the heading of “Misconduct,” there is a case involving a teacher who was discharged for smoking marijuana with two students at a party. Even though the behavior did not occur in a teaching situation, the court determined this to be a proper decision because the behavior involved students and therefore had a
connection with the teacher’s occupation.

Board of Educ. v. Wood, 717 S.W.2d 837 (Ky. 1986).