General Bluebook Questions
On what page on the Bluebook will you find table 1 for New York?
pg. 301
What rule and page number (in the bluepages) tells us how to cite cases?
B10, pg. 11
What is wrong with the following, and where did you go in the bluebook to help you answer this question?
NY Table 1 includes all the abbreviations.
When should I use a short cite?
After you have cited the case in full and it is clear to the reader which case you are referencing.
Why would we use table 1?
Table 1 tells us which reporter we should cite.
What reporter should you use for a New York Court of Appeals decision?
The Northeastern, or NE.
If I am citing a NY statute, where should I go in the bluebook to find the proper abbreviations?
Table 1, pg 303-05.
What is wrong with the below citation? Where did you go in the bluebook?
NY Table 1 tells us which reporter to use!
Walk me through how to short cite this case:
Landell v. Life Bridge Dental PLLC, 230 N.Y.S.3d 87 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
Landell, 230 N.Y.S.3d at 87.
What table should we use to check and see whether any of the words in our case caption need to be abbreviated?
Table 6
Cite the following case (hint, you'll have to use West or Lexis):
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Monifah LANDELL, Plaintiff–Appellant,
v.
LIFE BRIDGE DENTAL PLLC et al., Defendants–Respondents
Landell v. Life Bridge Dental PLLC, 230 N.Y.S.3d 87 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
How would I cite the following:
New York Labor Law § 740.
Retaliatory action by employers; prohibition
N.Y. Lab. Law § 740 (McKinney 2022), or N.Y. Lab. Law § 740 (Consol. 2022).
Bonus points: Why are there two possible citations?
What is wrong with the following?
Hint, this one may have more than one error.
This case is missing the docket number after the case name. This is necessary for an unreported case: No. 24-CV-5238
What if my case has a quote that spans multiple pages. For example pages 87 to 89. Give me the pincite for this page range, using the below case.
Landell v. Life Bridge Dental PLLC, 230 N.Y.S.3d 87 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
Landell v. Life Bridge Dental PLLC, 230 N.Y.S.3d 87-89 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025).
Do I have to underline or italicize my case caption?
Either! Make sure to pick one and be consistent.
Where should I go in my bluebook if I need to cite to an unreported decision?
Bluepages rule 10.1.4, pg. 15.
This text format is most commonly used for statutes, FRCP rules and publisher names. Name the text format.
Small caps!
What is wrong with the following?
Under what circumstances could you use an Id. short cite?
Once the case has been cited in full, alone (not in a string cite) AND is directly after the previous statement.
Walk me through each step I should take to cite the following case:
212 A.D.3d 419
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Suba SAKTHIVEL, Plaintiff–Appellant,
v.
INDUSTRIOUS STAFFING COMPANY, LLC, Defendant–Respondent.
Sakthivel v. Industrious Staffing Co., LLC, 183 N.Y.S.3d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 2023).
How would I cite the following unreported case?
2026 WL 2185588
Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
JOELLE SKAF, Plaintiff,
v.
GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.
25-CV-6029 (JMF)
Skaf v. Google LLC, No. 25-CV-6029, 2026 WL 2185588, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2026).
How would I cite to the New York Civil Rights Law section 50-f?
N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 50-f (McKinney 2025).
What is wrong with the following?
How would you short cite the following case?
145 S.Ct. 1816
Supreme Court of the United States.
UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Jonathan SKRMETTI, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al.
Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495 at *pin.