Add a period after the abbreviation
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts, Law reviews21st and 22nd editions
A shortened business or institutional word in a party's name takes a period, unless it ends with an apostrophe; T6 prints “Corp.”, “Inc.”, “Ltd.”, “Bros.”, “Univ.” and “Cnty.” with one.1
- 1R. 6.1(b) Periods. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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