The bluebook has both light and heavy methods for abbreviating words in case names. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. You may omit the state information from the court and date parenthetical if the name of the reporter gives the name of the state. It is a composite of those contained in the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation. Name and original section number as it appears in the session laws only if the statute is commonly cited that way. The main rule that describes the short form for cases is rule 10. District court decisions are in the federal supplement, abbreviated f. Kitchen sink legal abbreviations libguides at creighton university. Periodicals rule 16 and table t fernando perez correa, enforcement and recognition of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in mexico, 77 def. Martin, cornell legal information institute this guide can be used for both the 4th edition of. All words in case names in citation sentences, including the first word of either partys name, are abbreviated if listed in. Subscribe and get breaking news, commentary, and opinions on law firms, lawyers, law schools, lawsuits, judges, and more.
In case of citing a book that has been edited, write ed. Chapter three contains tables with specific data, such as lists of abbreviations to be used. A standard ebook citation includes the following elements. Deciding court, jurisdiction date of decision united states v. Note that in footnotes, words other than the first word in each partys name are subject to the abbreviation rule. Law school bluebook basics one of the books that all 1l law students are required to purchase is the bluebook.
Blue pages this guide covers the bluebooks white pages, which provide citation rules for academic papers. If the article is written by a student author, the designation of the piece see. How to write good use case names 7 tips january 22, 2007 lists, requirements, requirements models, use cases scott sehlhorst the first step in writing the use cases for a project is to define the scope of the project. If you didnt find an alternative name that you like better than case, try our name generator. This was about 31% of all the recorded cases in the usa. However, the basic format of a case citation is as follows.
Cases found at r10 in the bluebook start with the partys names look to rule 10. When searching for a case in a database, you can enter the case name or case citation into the search box. Cursing a blue book streak generations of law students have hated and feared the bluebook. See also the related categories, english and american. When the case is being referred to in a sentence of the text itself rather than simply as a citation only the. How to write a bibliography in bluebook pen and the pad. If a case is named within the five preceding footnotes, use a short form citation with the case name but not further citation in italics. This is a proposed citation style to adapt the bluebook to the unique needs of wikipedia.
Peter martins introduction to basic legal citation an. The bluebook is the most commonly used system for legal citations in the united states, especially for legal scholarship, but also with modifications by local rules in judicial opinions and party briefs this proposal covers citations to united states legal materialsu. The bluebook is a legal resource that lists case citations and other important legal referencing material. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. Each of the scholarly disciplines has designed a system for documentation used to cite sources when writing papers, articles, speeches or websites. You should use large and small capitals for book authors and titles. Citation of a united states supreme court decision. It allows you to go beyond the similarities of a name, which can provide a. Lettersabbreviations at the end of a name that tells us more about an individual.
Table 6 of the bluebook is a list of acceptable abbreviations of common words. Once you have entered the relevant search term, click on the correct case to read it. Cases bluebook citation 101 academic format research. This book is a reference guide that, believe it or not, will be just about the only book you take from law school into your practice as a lawyer. Make additional copies of this form or its pages as needed to complete the investigation. Law students, lawyers, judges and legal professionals use the bluebook as their system of citation when compiling bibliographies for their writing. In court documents briefs, motions and legal memoranda, a full case name is usually italicized or underlined. This form contains all portions of the cps investigation as it appears on connections. The case name will appear at the beginning of the citation.
This also helps maintain consistency across all usecase names in the project which may be written by different team members and helps avoid ambiguity. Thus far, this guide has described how to cite cases in long form, i. This guide provides basic information on bluebook citation in the scholarly format. Free bluebook citation generator for ebooks citing with. Underlining may be used instead of italics, but the practice is dying out.
Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law. Required abbreviations for case names in citations. Legal citations how to find court decisions and other legal. The precise format of a case citation depends on a number of factors, including the jurisdiction, court, and type of case. Today we discussed a question that sometimes causes confusion. If a case is mentioned in full in general textual discussion, the case can be referred to in the same general discussion in main text or footnote text by italicizing one partys name. In thinking of the bluebook, i have been reminded of big blue, the ibm corporation. New york had the highest population of case families in 1840. You should use ordinary plain text for case names in full citations, except for procedural phrases like ex rel. A uniform system of citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the united states.
These 16 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like case. Note there is no abbreviation of united states per 10. Case citation is a very picky and frustrating activity, but it is very important to making. The case family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Rule of usecase names to indicate the intended value or goal is best achieved by stating the usecase name in the active form, beginning with a verb. It depends upon where the case was published as to.
The abbreviation of case names is governed by rule 10. For proper citation, you should either underline or italicize the case name, depending on where in a document you are placing the citation see rule 2. Case name abbreviations table 6 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Cases bluebook legal citation tarlton law library at.
Legal professionals, or anyone else who needs to look up legal citations, can use the bluebook to help them find how to cite legal information into their writing. Bluebook citation for llm students bluebook citation for. Under the name, a phrase used to introduce a case that has a different name in subsequent history. Because you will often cite a case and other legal materials multiple times in a document, the bluebook has established a short form for use in subsequent citations. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal. Pamela rogers melton, adventures in citationland, 22 legal reference services q. Also omit alternative names given for the firstlisted party on either side, such as a corporation dba doing business as another name. There are a few different types of names, and the type of name will determine format. In addition, abbreviate any state or smaller geographic unit included in a party name unless it alone is the party name.
Table 10 is a list of abbreviations for geographical locations. Commonly cited international commercial arbitration sources. Court decisions are published in books called reporters or reports. The most case families were found in the usa in 1880. Omit words indicating multiple parties, such as et al. In 1840 there were 436 case families living in new york. Every case name must be checked against the abbreviations chart in the bluebook table t. The answer requires a student to synthesize a few rules from the bluebook. The first word of the case name is always spelled out in both systems, and the entire case name is spelled out in a textual sentence. The light version only abbreviates eight words, while the heavy abbreviation system abbreviates more. If both, then first write editors name and then translators name. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda and other practiceoriented materials the blue pages, which students in lrwa2 use for their memo assignments. The date should reflect the date the case was decided, not the date the case was heard.