Bluebook rules
How to cite a case in Bluebook format
The six parts of a Bluebook case citation, what goes in the parenthetical for each reporter, and the short form, with examples.
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Case verification
What courts did to lawyers who cited cases that do not exist
Sixteen sanctions orders from 2023 to 2026: the court, what was cited, what it ordered and the rule it used. And how to check that a case exists before you file.
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Bluebook rules
Bluebook signals: see, see also, cf., but see, e.g.
What each Bluebook signal tells the reader, which ones must carry a parenthetical, and how they are punctuated and ordered.
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Bluebook rules
Id., supra, or a short form: which one, and when
Id. for the authority cited just before. A short form for a case or statute cited earlier. Supra for a book or article. The forms, and the two mistakes people make with them.
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Bluebook rules
The 10 most common Bluebook citation mistakes
The ten Bluebook errors that appear in most briefs: the wrong form, the right form and the rule for each. Check a citation against them in a minute.
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