Use periods in the reporter or court name
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts, Law reviews21st and 22nd editions
An abbreviation that may drop its periods in ordinary text keeps them where it names the reporter or the court that decided the case.1
- 1R. 6.1(b) Periods. Tables: T1 United States Jurisdictions; T7 Court Names.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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