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To cite a court case or decision, list the name of the case, the volume and abbreviated name of the reporter, the page number, the name of the court, the year, and optionally the URL. The case name is italicized in the in-text citation, but not in the reference list.
Rule 10 (and Rule B10 in the Bluepages) governs how to cite cases. It contains extensive instructions on how to format case citations, and Rule 10 also provides guidance on citing briefs, court filings, and transcripts.
Basic Legal Citation. Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Introduction to Basic Legal Citation. Table of contents. Index.
Case Citation Finder. The search box below may be used to retrieve the citation, in the form recommended by the Reporter of Decisions, for every signed, per curiam, or in-chambers opinion published (or soon to be published) in the United States Reports. Boolean Operators.
Cases and court decisions generally include these elements: title or name of case (e.g. Plessy v. Ferguson) citation (in law, this means the volume and page in reporters, or books where case decisions are published) jurisdiction of the court, in parentheses (e.g., US Supreme Court, Illinois Court of Appeals)
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Federal Courts: In string citations for a single proposition, cite this court’s decisions ahead of those from the D.C. Circuit, the U.S. District Court for D.C., or other federal courts, irrespective of the year decided. • Smith v. Jones, 342 A.2d 987 (D.C. 1975); Brown v. Green, 598 F.3d 321 (D.C. Cir. 2000). 4.5.4. Supreme Court
This guide describes how to locate a U.S. Supreme Court case by name, citation and subject.
The basic format for a case citation is: the case name, the volume number and abbreviation of the reporter in which the case was published, the initial page number of the case, and the year of the case.
The precise format of a case citation depends on various factors, including the jurisdiction, court, and type of case. Review the rest of this section on case citations and the relevant rules in The Bluebook before trying to format a case citation for the first time.