Short cites
In the next sentence in your legal memo, you would like to cite to the same information again. No intervening cites appear between the previous citation and the current cite.
Id.
This must appear in parentheses after a statute citation to show the version of the code used.
The Year
The correct use of the United States of America as a named party
United States
Proper citation for a word found on page 712 of the tenth edition of Black's Law Dictionary, published in 2014?
Black’s Law Dictionary 712 (10th ed. 2014).
The proper citation for Rule 56(a) in the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure?
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a).
You have already cited United States v. Hassan, 742 F.3d 104 (4th Cir. 2014), in full. What is the correct short form if you want to cite to page 108, and this was the only case you cited in the previous citation.
Id. at 108.
Proper Bluebook citation for section 3 of the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America?
U.S. Const. amend. XIII, § 3
How do you cite this case name in a citation sentence. McCarran International Airport and Clark County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Appellants, vs. Steve Sisolak, Respondent.
McCarran Int'l Airport v. Sisolak
“The Brethren,” a book by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, published in 1979, pages 196-208.
Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong, The Brethren 196-208 (1979).
Bluebook abbreviation for the Federal Reporter, Third Series?
F.3d
You have cited to Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850 (9th Cir. 2007). In the same general discussion you want to refer to this case again and direct the reader’s attention to content beginning on page 860 and continuing on page 861. You have cited to other cases in the interim.
Raich, 500 F.3d at 860-61.
You would like to cite sections 1544 and 1546 of Title 18 of the United States Code, published in 2012.
18 U.S.C. §§ 1544, 1546 (2012).
You would like to cite the federal civil case, Pamela Beesly v. The State of Washington, a 2005 opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which is located in volume 455 of the Federal Reporter, Third Series, and begins on page 604.
Beesly v. Washington, 455 F.3d 604 (5th Cir. 2005).
Proper way to use numbers 0-99 in a legal memo?
Spell out numbers 0-99.
Bluebook abbreviation for the Federal Supplement, Second Series?
F. Supp. 2d
You wish to formulate a short form, not "id.," for information found on page 428 and continuing on page 429 of Bunge v. First Nat'l Bank of Mount Holly Springs, P.A., 118 F.2d 427 (3d Cir. 1941).
Bunge, 118 F.2d at 428-29.
Section 1101(1) of title 11 of the current United States Code, published in 2006.
11 U.S.C. § 1101(1) (2006).
GEICO General Insurance Company, versus Laura B. Coyne, Cheryl A. O'Mailia, and James O'Mailia
This case was decided by the Court of Appeals of Indiana on April 17, 2014. It appears in volume 7, page 300, of North Eastern Reporter, Third Series.
GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Coyne, 7 N.E.3d 300 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014).
This signal is used when the authority directly supports the point.
"See"
Purpose of a parallel citation
Citing to two different reporters
What is Id. short for?
Idem
In a citation to the U.S. Code, this item must not be included unless you are citing to a specific version of the code.
The Publisher
Example: "42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2018),” not “42 U.S.C. § 1983 (West 2018).”
You want to site a Southern District of New York case decided in 2003, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case decided in 1979, and a United States Supreme Court case decided in 1980. What is the proper order of citation?
Supreme Court case, Ninth Circuit Case, Federal District Court case.
This Bluepages rule determines whether a period is included at the end of a citation sentence.
include a period unless the citation is part of an explanatory parenthetical
Quotes of ____ words or more are blocked, indented, and external quotation marks omitted.
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