The year 1978 in the parentheses tells you the year the court. decided the case. In the last thirty years, we now have electronic storage and retrieval of court cases; therefore, in our example. above, 1978 U.S. LEXIS 5 refers us to the specific electronic citation for the Bakke decision within LEXIS.
Great Dividing Range About80 Ma This range extends along the entire east coast of Australia. It arose in the Late Cretaceous, making possible the charging of the Jurassic sandstone that became the Great Artesian Basin.
Geography. The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m).