Abbreviate the case name
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
An agency adjudication is cited by its party’s name, which is abbreviated like any case name, “Trojan Transp., Inc.”, not “Trojan Transportation, Incorporated”.1
- Wrong
- Trojan Transportation, Incorporated
- Right
- Trojan Transp., Inc.
- 1R. 14.3.1(a) Administrative adjudications. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T1.2 Federal Administrative and Executive Materials; R. 10.2.2 Additional Rules for Case Names in Citations.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.