Chapter 11— Legal Citation

Primary Authority—Case Law—Bluebook-10,

Bluebook-p1; ALWD-12

Primary Authority Case Law

• Citation components—Bluebook-10.1; ALWD-12.1

• Case names—Bluebook-10.2; ALWD-12.2 • Volume, reporter, and page—Bluebook-10.3;

ALWD-12.3 to 12.5 • Date and court abbreviation—Bluebook-10.4

and 10.5; ALWD-12.5 and 12.6 • Subsequent history—Bluebook-10.7; ALWD-

12.8

Primary Authority Case Law

• Prior history—Bluebook-10.7; ALWD-12.9• Parenthetical information—concurring,

dissenting, and plurality opinion—Bluebook-10.6; ALWD-12.11

• Short citation format—Bluebook-p4; ALWD-12.21

• Neutral/public domain citations—Bluebook-10.3.3; ALWD-12.16

• Cases—electronic sources

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Primary Authority—Constitutions, Statutory

Law, and Rules

Constitutions, Statutory Law, and Rules

• Constitutions—Bluebook-11; ALWD-13• Statutory Law—Bluebook-12, Bluebook-p5;

ALWD-4– General rules when citing statutes– Federal statutes—Bluebook-12; ALWD-14.2– State statutes—Bluebook-12; ALWD-14.4– Session laws—Bluebook-12.4; ALWD-14.6 to 14.8

Constitutions, Statutory Law, and Rules

• Rules of evidence and procedure—Bluebook-12.8.3; ALWD-17

• Administrative law—Bluebook-14; ALWD-19

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General Rules of Citation

General Rules of Citation

• Typeface—Bluebook-2 and Bluebook-p1; ALWD-1.1

• Italics and underscoring—Bluebook-p1; ALWD-1.3

• Citation placement in sentences and clauses—Bluebook-2; ALWD-43.1

• Abbreviations—Bluebook-6 and Tables T.5 to T.17; ALWD-2 and Appendices 3, 4, and 5

General Rules of Citation (cont.)

• Capitalization—Bluebook-8 and Bluebook-p6; ALWD-3

• Quotations—Bluebook-5; ALWD-47, 48, and 49

• Page numbers (pinpoint citations)—Bluebook-3.3, 3.4, and 3.5; ALWD-5.2, 5.3, and 5.4

• String citations—Bluebook-1.1 and Bluebook-1.2; ALWD-43.3(a)

General Rules of Citation (cont.)

• Short citation forms (id., supra, and hereinafter)—Bluebook-4, Bluebook-p4, Bluebook-p7; ALWD-11.2 to 11.4.

• Internal cross references (supra and infra)—Bluebook-3.6; ALWD-10

• Signals—Bluebook-1.2 to 1.5; ALWD-44

to 46

General Rules of Citation (cont.)

• Sections and paragraphs—Bluebook-3.4; ALWD-6

• Electronic sources—Bluebook-18; ALWD-38 to 42

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Secondary Authority

Secondary Authority

• American Law Reports—Bluebook-16.6.5; ALWD-24

• Legal dictionary—Bluebook-15.7; ALWD-25

• Legal encyclopedia—Bluebook-15.7; ALWD-26

Secondary Authority

• Periodicals--law review/journal citations—Bluebook-16; ALWD-23

• Restatements—Bluebook-12.85; ALWD-27

• Treatises/books—Bluebook-15; ALWD-22