To my knowledge, you can't check through LSAC w/o login info from the school. I think at least one school I applied to took a week to get me that info. Also, some schools (like Michigan) do not use the LSAC application tracker system.
... someone who did include a citation versus someone who plagiarized information ... to include a simple MLA citation. It is better to wow ... of a simple issue like citation.
Michigan doesn't necessarily see that big of a difference w/ LSAT scores once you are in the 99th range (Dean Z said that she thinks its more questionable to retake if your first score is that high). Unsure about NW.