Use periods in the geographic abbreviation
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts, Law reviews21st and 22nd editions
A geographic abbreviation is not read aloud as its own initials, so it keeps its periods where it names the court that decided the case.1
- 1R. 6.1(b) Periods. Tables: T10 Geographical Terms.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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