Case Names, Court and Year
The case name for a suit where: Captain Morgan is suing Jack Daniel for a tort claim.
What is: Morgan v. Daniel
The preferred reporter and its abbreviation for a case decided in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
What is: the South Eastern Reporter, abbreviated S.E or S.E.2d.
The signal applicable when using a citation for a direct quote.
What is: No signal.
The abbreviation of Harvard Law Review in bluebook format.
What is: Harv. L. Rev.
Note: in small caps.
Citation to an individual provision of the United States Code, specifically title 14 and section 456.
What is: 14 U.S.C. $ 456.
Note: $ is the section symbol.
The court name and year for a 9th circuit opinion decided on January 1st, 2011.
What is: (9th Cir. 2011).
The reporter for a case published electronically on Westlaw. The case opinion was published in the year 2006 and its associated codes are No. 00-HI-1234 and 987635.
What is: No. 00-HI-1234, 2006 WL 987635.
The short form of a case you previously cited in full as: Riley v. O'Sullivan, 135 U.S. 760, 774 (2014). You have several intervening cites between these but you now want to cite that same authority at page 778.
What is:
O'Sullivan, 135 U.S. at 778.
The representation of the editors, edition and year of publication for a book. The editors names are Sam Smith and Lilly Loyola. The book is on its 8th edition and was published in 2009.
What is: (Sam Smith et. al. eds., 8th ed. 2009).
Citation to the federal rules of civil procedure, specifically rule 6.
What is: Fed. R. Civ. P. 6
The case name when the State of New York initially sued Martin Dillard in the Southern District of N.Y.
What is: State v. Dillard.
The preferred reporter and its abbreviation for a case filed in the District Court of California.
What is: Federal Supplement, abbreviated as F.Supp., F.Supp.2d and F.Supp.3d
The signal applicable when the cited authority states the contrary of the proposition.
What is: Contra
Harry Potter wrote a note for his journal - the Columbia Law Review. He is a student and the journal is designating his article as a signed student note. The journal is publishing it in their 90th volume, the article will start on the 2000th page and it is set for publication during the year 2010. His article is entitled "I love Magic"
What is: Harry Potter, Note, I Love Magic, 90 Colum. L. Rev. 2000 (2010).
Note: Colum. L. Rev. is in small caps.
Citation to the United States Constitution, article 3.
The court(s) and year of decision, for both (1) the first case filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and decided on August 3rd, 2009; and then (2) was taken up on appeal in the D.C. Court of Appeals and decided on November 17th, 2010.
What is: (1) (D.C. Super Ct. 2009). and (2) (D.C. 2010).
The court and date for an electronic case published on LexisNexis. This case was decided in the Federal Circuit on October, 25th 2001.
What is: (Fed. Cir. Oct. 25, 2001).
The short form of a case you previously cited in full as: Wasabi v. Teriyaki, 467 F.Supp.2d 345, 360 (D.D.C. 1970). You have no intervening cites between this full cite and the next time you cite to the authority. But this time at page 351.
What is: Id. at 351.
The non-periodical citation for a magazine article entitled "It's My Party, and I'll Cry if I want to" by Lesley Gore. Ms. Gore published the article in the New York Times on April 4th, 1963. Her article began on page A1 of the newspaper.
What is: Lesley Gore, It's My Party, and I'll Cry if I Want To, N.Y. Times, Apr. 4, 1963, at A1.
Note: author's name, article title and magazine abbreviation are all in small caps.
Citation to the internal revenue code, located under title 26 of the United States Code at section 61.
What is: I.R.C. $ 61.
A full case citation where Annie Johnson got hurt in a car accident with Bobby Sanderson. She qualifies for diversity jurisdiction and files in district court in New Jersey, the Court released their decision on April 15, 1997 and published the opinion with the reporter: 45 F.Supp. 678.
What is: (1) Johnson v. Sanderson, 45 F.Supp. 678 (D.N.J. 1997).
A full citation for a case where Jacob Garden sued Mary Balkon and the case went up to the Colorado Court of Appeals [Colo. App.]. The case was decided on March 14th, 2010. The case was published in the 23 volume, third edition, of the preferred reporter. Starting on the 546th page.
What is: Garden v. Balkon, 23 P.3d 546 (Colo. App. 2010).
The appropriate short forms and signals for the following scenarios using the full citation: Twizzlers v. Snickers, 65 U.S. 1002, 1015 (2021).
1. You have intervening cites and now want to cite to the case at page 1020 to provide a supporting example.
2. You want to cite to the case immediately again at page 1039 to support your preposition .
What is:
1. See e.g. Twizzlers, 65 U.S. at 1020.
2. See id. at 1039. or Id. at 1039.
The periodical citation for an article entitled "The Sun will come out Tomorrow" by Alicia Morton. Ms. Morton published the article in the Yale Law Journal, volume 100, in 2006. Her article began on page 567.
What is: Alicia Morton, The Sun will Come Out Tomorrow, 100 Yale L.J. 567 (2006).
Note: Yale L.J. is in small caps.
Citation to the restatement of contracts [second], chapter 16. Specifically published with the American Law Institution in 1981.
What is: Restatement (Second) of Conts. ch. 16 (Am. L. Inst. 1981).
Note: small caps for everything except the chapter designation and year.