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Citation rules/Administrative materials/14.2 Rules, Regulations, and Other Publications

Add the opinion letter's date

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An agency opinion letter is cited as its agency's work, with the date it was published: an agency issues many letters, and nothing else in the citation tells them apart.1

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  1. 1R. 14.2(d) Other publications. Tables: R. 15.1(c) Institutional authors.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in 14.2 Rules, Regulations, and Other Publications

  1. Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
  2. Add the C.F.R. edition year
  3. Add the commenter's name
  4. Add the date of publication
  5. Add the opinion letter's date
  6. Add the petition cite's missing element
  7. Add the volume or page number
  8. Remove the small caps
  9. Replace the date with the edition year

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More in 14.2 Rules, Regulations, and Other Publications

  1. Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
  2. Add the C.F.R. edition year
  3. Add the commenter's name
  4. Add the date of publication
  5. Add the opinion letter's date
  6. Add the petition cite's missing element
  7. Add the volume or page number
  8. Remove the small caps
  9. Replace the date with the edition year

Back to Administrative materials

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