Case Names
Where you look up required abbreviations for nongeographic words in entity names.
What is Table 6?
The proper punctuation that goes between case cites in a "see" string.
What is a semi-colon?
Your RE topic sentence does not contain a quote or direct paraphrase. You would use this signal.
What is see?
Your case was overruled by a higher authority within the same jurisdiction but not on the point that you are making. You would use this phrase to indicate this history.
What is overruled on other grounds by?
The correct reporter to cite to for most court of appeal cases in California.
What is Cal. Rptr.? (California Reporter)
If a case involves multiple parties to the lawsuit, you should include only these parties in the case name.
What is the first party on each side?
The proper punctuation that goes between case cites in a compare/with string.
What is a comma?
Your RE topic sentence contains a direct quote and so your first case cite does not have a signal. You would use this signal to introduce additional supportive cases in the same string.
What is see also?
The color flag that must always be investigated.
What is red?
The correct reporter to cite to for Supreme Court of California cases.
What is P.? (Pacific reporter)
A phrase that means "and others" that you should always omit from your case name.
What et al.?
The maximum number of times you should cite the same case within a single string.
What is once?
You want to contrast some pro-plaintiff cases and some pro-defendant cases to support the same topic sentence. You would use this signal.
What is compare/with?
A phrase that means effectively but not expressly overruled.
What is abrogated?
This goes before the date in a date parenthetical for a California Supreme Court case.
What is Cal.?
The two (alternative) correct type faces for a case name.
What is italics and underlining?
When you use a period within a string.
What is never?
The two (alternative) correct type faces for a signal.
What is italics and underlining?
The first thing you must do to follow up on a red flag.
What is pull up the case that is the source of the red flag to find the reason for the red flag?
This goes before the date in a date parenthetical for a California Court of Appeal case that was decided after 1959.
In addition to Table 6, this is the only other table that contains terms you should abbreviate in your case names.
What is Table 10?
When you capitalize see also.
What is never?
A signal that literally means "compare" and can be used to add on an adverse case after a string of positive cases as long as it is not inconsistent with your topic sentence.
What is cf.?
Something you should not forget to include in your citation of a subsequent case that overruled a prior case.
What is the jump page where the overruling occured?
These are the components of a short form cite when you cannot use id.
What are shortened case name, reporter information, and jump page/pinpoint cite?