Short Forms
What short form is used when citing the same case twice in a row, with no intervening citations?
Id.
Is the period after id. italicized or underlined?
Yes, always.
What is the intervening-source short form for page 789 in Kellogg v. Stimson, 45 F.3d 765 (4th Cir. 2022)?
Kellogg, 45 F.3d at 789.
What is the Bluebook Citation for Title thirty-two, section nineteen of the United States Code?
32 U.S.C. § 19.
What is the start of a Bluebook citation for a case with the names Philander Chase Knox (plaintiff) and William Jennings Bryan (defendant)?
Knox v. Bryan
According to the Bluebook's default rule what numbers must be written out in full?
All numbers up to 100.
What is the intervening-source short form for page 311 in United States v. Hull, 54 F.2d 289 (2d Cir. 1990)?
Hull, 54 F.2d at 311.
What is the Bluebook citation for Title 211, Chapter 14.53 of the Revised Code of Washington?
Wash. Rev. Code § 211.14.53 (xxxx)
What is the Bluebook citation for the case Elihu Root versus Robert Bacon, decided by the Washington Supreme Court, located in the 231st volume of the Second Series of the Pacific Reports on page 178, and decided in 2009?
Root v. Bacon, 231 P.2d 178, 178 (Wash. 2009).
Which of the following is an exception to the Bluebook's default number rule:
A. Numerals should be used if the number includes a decimal point.
B. Round numbers of any size may be spelled out if done consistently.
C. Any number that begins a sentence must be spelled out.
Can id. be used immediately following a citation sentence citing more than one authority?
No.
What is the Bluebook Citation for section 3 of the Third Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America?
U.S. Const. amend. III, § 3
What is the Bluebook citation for the case Roberta Lansing versus Bainbridge Colby, decided by the Third Circuit, and reported in the 199th volume of the Third Series of the Federal Reporter on page 123 in the year 2001?
Lansing v. Colby, 199 F.2d 123, 123 (3d Cir. 2001).
Should the phrase "res judicata" be italicized?
No, this is considered a common Latin phrase and therefore this phrase is not italicized.
Where the case name is included in the text sentence, what is the intervening-source short form for page 32 in Stettinius v. Byrnes, 67 F.2d 23 (1st Cir. 1956)?
67 F.2d at 32.
What is the Bluebook citation for the case Smith Brothers versus Charles Evans Hughes, and reported in 245th volume of the Federal Supplement (Second Series) on page 267, decided in the District Court for the Western District of Washington, in 2011?
Smith Bros. v. Hughes, 245 F. Supp. 2d. 267, 267 (W.D. Wash. 2011).
What is the Bluebook citation for an article that appeared in volume 35 of the Texas Journal of Business Law in 2008 on page 56, that was written by Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, and was called "Why We Really Enjoy the Bluebook"?
Colin Powell & Condoleezza Rice, Why We Really Enjoy the Bluebook, 35 Tex. J. Bus. L. 56 (2008).