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Citation rules/Administrative materials/14.3 Administrative Adjudications and Arbitrations

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.
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  1. 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.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  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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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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