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Citing to the record in briefs marquette university law school. A uniform system of citation washington connie krontz seattle university school of law joan foley touro law center. Court document abbreviations table 8 of 17th edition this table gives suggested abbreviations for citations of court documents and legal memoranda not in the other forms of legal writing for the words most commonly found in the titles of court documents. In the bluebook, all abbreviations are listed in the tables, which begin on. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases. What should you abbreviate when citing a case common acronyms i. It is a composite of those contained in the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. A b c d e f gh i jk l m n o p qr s t u vwxyz show all. Set out below is a table of words and their abbreviations with links to examples. Cases how to cite university of akron school of law. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Tables of federal supreme court, united states court of appeals and united states district court abbreviations.

Citing cases bluebook rules dulaneybrowne library at. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. The following information regarding the bluebook citation format is an adapted version of the style and formatting guidelines found in the bluebook, 20th ed. Cases bluebook legal citation tarlton law library at tarlton law. Words in case names basic legal citation cornell university. B here refers to the rules from the bluepages at the beginning of the bluebook. Abbreviations for court names that you would use in the event a court abbreviation is not provided in table 1. Law library law databases contact us search catalog how do i law library guides bluebook quick reference.