Remove the docket or the reporter
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only
Papers referring to a specific case identify it one way, by docket number or by the usual case citation depending on the court, so a citation carrying both is redundant.1
- 1R. 23.7.1(b) Case information; R. 23.7.2(b) Other courts; R. 10.4 Court and Jurisdiction.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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