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The following citation to a state court case includes only the year of the judicial opinion and contains no information about the court that issued the opinion. To a person experienced in Bluebook citation, what does that say about the court that issued the opinion?

Hileman v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R. Co., 546 Pa. 433, 685 A.2d 994 (1996).
  1. That the opinion was issued by the highest court in that state jurisdiction.
  2. That the opinion was issued by a lower appellate or trial court in that state jurisdiction.
  3. That the opinion was issued per curiam.
  4. It means nothing because the additional information about the court is optional.
Explanation
Answer: A - That the opinion was issued by the highest court in that state jurisdiction. If only the year is included in a citation to a state court case, when the citation is a parallel citation in a pleading, motion, or appellate brief, the opinion was issued by that state’s highest court.
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