Reporters
The regional reporter including cases from Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
What is the North Eastern (or North Eastern 2d) Reporter?
Brown v. Black, 602 N.E. 2d 465 (N.Y. 1945).
Brown v. Black, 602 N.E. 2d 465 (N.Y. 1945).
This is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in New York State.
What is the Supreme Court?
The two possible sources for New York statues.
What are McKinney's and Consolidated?
This means "exactly the same as the last cite."
What is Id.?
The Bluebook says you should cite New York Court of Appeals cases to this reporter "if therein."
What is the North Eastern (or North Eastern 2d) Reporter?
Smith v. Jones, 486 N.Y.S.2d 243 (1987).
Smith v. Jones, 486 N.Y.S.2d 243 (COURT NAME 1987).
The intermediate appellate court in New York.
What is the Appellate Division?
The table that governs statutory citations for every state.
What is Table 1.3?
What is Smith, 456 N.E. 2d at 55?
This is the reporter you should use when citing United States Supreme Court cases.
What is the United States Reporter (U.S.)?
id. at 578.
Id. at 578.
The highest court in New York State.
What is the Court of Appeals?
The year you should cite for a particular statute.
What is the date of the current compilation?
A time when you may not use id.
What is "when there is an intervening cite"?
The reporter you should use when citing to an intermediate appellate court from New York State.
What is the New York Supplement (N.Y.S.)?
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.03 (2025).
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.03 (McKinney [or Consol.] 2025).
The court where you go when you get a speeding ticket.
What is a justice court? (Will also accept town/village/city court.)
The name given to the smaller parts of a statute.
What is a subsection?
An acceptable short form (not id.) for Smith v. Jones, 448 U.S. 763, 780 (1980).
What is Smith, 448 U.S. at 780?
The citation you should use for an unreported case.
What is the Lexis or Westlaw cite with the docket number?
Short form: N.Y. Penal § 265.03 (McKinney 2025).
Penal § 265.03 (McKinney 2025).
The Appellate Division, 3rd Dep't.
What intermediate appellate court is Albany in?
The official compilation for federal statutes.
What is the United States Code (U.S.C.)?
When supra is acceptable in Bluebook legal brief style.
What is never?