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Generally, the first name (here, Roe) is the surname of the plaintiff, who is the party who filed the suit for an original case, or the appellant, the party appealing in a case being appealed from a lower court, or the petitioner when litigating in the high court of a jurisdiction; and the second name (here, Wade) is the surname of the ...
Cite a court judgment Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Litigants litigants The title of the case. If a Wikipedia article using this exact string exists, a link will automatically be created. Alternately, if an article exists but another name is desired for display, a wikilink may be specified; i.e., "[[Case article|This v. That]]". Example Miranda v ...
This template formats a citation to a court case using the provided bibliographic information (such as author and title) as well as various formatting options. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Reporter reporter publisher institution Name of the reporter; displays after case name Example ...
For cases in federal court, instead drop "State of". E.g., Vermont v. Brillion. Ambiguous titles like "People v. Superior Court", or "United States v. Smith", are written with the full name of the state and distinguishing name of individual or entity, or distinguishing year, in parenthesis. If still further clarification is needed, then a comma ...
The case name should be in italics. Use {{Italic title}}. Abbreviations. Article titles should be the names of the parties, as given in the official reporter, as docketed in the highest court to issue an opinion. The title should be abbreviated as follows: Omit all parties after the first plaintiff and the first defendant; do not use "et al."
Cite the Docket to a US Federal District Court Case, and optionally link to Recap free archive and/or PACER non-free current Docket. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Lead Plaintiff plaintiff Short name for Lead Plaintiff Example CREW String required Lead Defendant defendant Short name for Lead Defendant Example Trump String required Case Name case ...
Cite a filing or attachment to a filing in US Federal District Court Case, and optional link to Recap free archive and/or PACER non-free current Docket. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Lead Plaintiff plaintiff Short name for Lead Plaintiff Example CREW String required Lead Defendant defendant Short name for Lead Defendant Example Trump String required ...
Court case names: FCC v. Pacifica. (Case citation or law report information is presented in normal font.) [d] Certain scientific names: Genes (but not proteins encoded by genes). Genera (and abbreviation thereof) and all lower taxa (including species and subspecies), but not higher taxa (e.g. family, order, etc.). The entire scientific name ...