You are employed by an attorney in California. He asks you to find cases under California law involving the validity of a warranty deed that was properly signed by the grantor and notarized, but used an incorrect spelling of the grantee's name. Which of the following Boolean searches would be most useful in locating these cases?
A)Limiting the search to California state cases: (valid! /2 deed) & (grantee & ((improper! or incorrect!) /2 (name or identif!))).
B)Limiting the search to California state cases: (grantee & ((improper! or incorrect!) /2 (name or identif!))).
C)Limiting the search to California state and federal cases: (valid! /2 deed) & (grantee & ((improper! or incorrect!) /2 (name or identif!))).
D)Limiting the search to California state and federal cases: (valid! /2 deed) & ((improper! or incorrect!) /2 (name or identif!)).

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Limiting the search to California state and federal cases: (valid! /2 deed) & (grantee & ((improper! or incorrect!) /2 (name or identif!))). Answer C is a better choice than Answer A because Answer A is limited to California state cases, whereas Answer B also covers California federal cases. Note that the supervising attorney asked for cases under California law (not California state cases) and federal cases do interpret state law. The parameters in Answer B and Answer D are both too broad.

You Are Employed by an Attorney in California