Citation Sentences
see Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
Citation sentence must begin with a capital letter → “See”
The court clarified the applicable standard, see Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
Citation clause should be set off by commas and remain within the sentence, not end it as a full stop
See Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
(Used when the case directly states the rule)
No signal should be used for direct authority
See Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997)
Missing period at the end of a citation sentence
The court clarified the applicable standard. see Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
Mixed sentence and clause format + “see” incorrectly lowercase at start of sentence
Cf. City of Miami v. Wells Fargo & Co., 801 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2015).
(Used to directly support a rule)
Cf. is for analogy, not direct support
Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
Proper citation sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
The court clarified the applicable standard, see Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997).
Grammatically acceptable, but ends sentence → functions like a citation sentence
The court clarified the applicable standard, see Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 121 F.3d 642 (11th Cir. 1997), in evaluating workplace claims.
But see City of Miami v. Wells Fargo & Co., 801 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2015).
(Used to show contradictory authority)
Proper use of but see to indicate contrary authority