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Citation rules/Administrative materials/14.3 Administrative Adjudications and Arbitrations

Remove the procedural phrase

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An administrative adjudication is cited by the reported party name or the subject-matter title, with the procedural phrase dropped — “Dunmore Cartage, Inc., 301 NLRB 118 (1991)”, not “In re Dunmore Cartage, Inc.”.1

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In re Dunmore Cartage, Inc.
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Dunmore Cartage, Inc., 301 NLRB 118 (1991)
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  1. 1R. 14.3.1(a) Administrative adjudications; B14 Administrative and Executive Materials. Tables: T1.2 Federal Administrative and Executive Materials; R. 10.2.1(b) Procedural phrases; R. 14.1 Basic Citation Forms.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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More in Administrative materials

  1. Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
  2. Abbreviate the agency's name
  3. Abbreviate the body that decided
  4. Abbreviate the case name
  5. Add the arbitrator's name
  6. Add the date of decision
  7. Add the deciding body
  8. Add the issuing agency
  9. Remove the procedural phrase

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