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Chapter 11— Legal Citation Primary Authority—Case Law—Bluebook-10, Bluebook-p 1; ALWD-12

Primary Authority Case Law • Citation components—Bluebook-10. 1; ALWD 12. 1 • Case names—Bluebook-10. 2; ALWD-12. 2 • Volume, reporter, and page—Bluebook-10. 3; ALWD-12. 3 to 12. 5 • Date and court abbreviation—Bluebook-10. 4 and 10. 5; ALWD-12. 5 and 12. 6 • Subsequent history—Bluebook-10. 7; ALWD 12. 8

Primary Authority Case Law • Prior history—Bluebook-10. 7; ALWD-12. 9 • Parenthetical information—concurring, dissenting, and plurality opinion—Bluebook 10. 6; ALWD-12. 11 • Short citation format—Bluebook-p 4; ALWD 12. 21 • Neutral/public domain citations—Bluebook 10. 3. 3; ALWD-12. 16 • Cases—electronic sources

Chapter 11— Legal Citation Primary Authority— Constitutions, Statutory Law, and Rules

Constitutions, Statutory Law, and Rules • Constitutions—Bluebook-11; ALWD-13 • Statutory Law—Bluebook-12, Bluebook-p 5; ALWD-4 – – General rules when citing statutes Federal statutes—Bluebook-12; ALWD-14. 2 State statutes—Bluebook-12; ALWD-14. 4 Session laws—Bluebook-12. 4; ALWD-14. 6 to 14. 8

Constitutions, Statutory Law, and Rules • Rules of evidence and procedure—Bluebook-12. 8. 3; ALWD-17 • Administrative law—Bluebook 14; ALWD-19

Chapter 11— Legal Citation General Rules of Citation

General Rules of Citation • Typeface—Bluebook-2 and Bluebook-p 1; ALWD-1. 1 • Italics and underscoring—Bluebook-p 1; ALWD-1. 3 • Citation placement in sentences and clauses —Bluebook-2; ALWD-43. 1 • Abbreviations—Bluebook-6 and Tables T. 5 to T. 17; ALWD-2 and Appendices 3, 4, and 5

General Rules of Citation (cont. ) • Capitalization—Bluebook-8 and Bluebook-p 6; ALWD-3 • Quotations—Bluebook-5; ALWD-47, 48, and 49 • Page numbers (pinpoint citations)—Bluebook 3. 3, 3. 4, and 3. 5; ALWD-5. 2, 5. 3, and 5. 4 • String citations—Bluebook-1. 1 and Bluebook 1. 2; ALWD-43. 3(a)

General Rules of Citation (cont. ) • Short citation forms (id. , supra, and hereinafter)—Bluebook-4, Bluebook-p 7; ALWD-11. 2 to 11. 4. • Internal cross references (supra and infra)—Bluebook-3. 6; ALWD-10 • Signals—Bluebook-1. 2 to 1. 5; ALWD-44 to 46

General Rules of Citation (cont. ) • Sections and paragraphs—Bluebook 3. 4; ALWD-6 • Electronic sources—Bluebook-18; ALWD-38 to 42

Chapter 11— Legal Citation Secondary Authority

Secondary Authority • American Law Reports—Bluebook 16. 6. 5; ALWD-24 • Legal dictionary—Bluebook-15. 7; ALWD-25 • Legal encyclopedia—Bluebook 15. 7; ALWD-26

Secondary Authority • Periodicals--law review/journal citations—Bluebook-16; ALWD-23 • Restatements—Bluebook-12. 85; ALWD-27 • Treatises/books—Bluebook-15; ALWD-22