Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. When the case is being referred to in a sentence of the text itself rather than simply as a citation only the words starred in the table below should be abbreviated, and then only when not at the beginning of a partys name. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. The bluebook and basic concepts of legal citation to new law students. Be aware, though, that there are other approaches to case name abbreviation practiced by courts. Abbreviations for court names that you would use in the event a court abbreviation is not provided in table 1. Name of the case underlined or italicized and abbreviated. Words in case names basic legal citation cornell university. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. Find out how to abbreviate building, institute, publication, and more with these important legal abbreviations.
It is a composite of those contained in the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation. However, the basic format of a case citation is as follows. This page provides bluebook a uniform system of citation, 19th ed. Iinclude blank spaces between the words and the case name. Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. In briefs, memos, and other legal writings, all case names and procedural phrases should be italicized or underscored.
Case name abbreviations table 6 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Cases bluebook legal citation tarlton law library at tarlton law. Legal terms and other words have specific abbreviations to include in case names. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. The case name abbreviations, which are often different from those required by the bluebook.
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