Use the archival form, not a reprint
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only
A database that puts up images of the original documents is cited in the ordinary archival form, inside an “on file with” parenthetical, rather than as a reprint of the text.1
- 1R. 23.9 Databases Reprinting Primary Sources; R. 23.8 Pre-1900 Newspapers.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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