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Citation rules/Bluepages

Bluepages.

The conventions that govern documents submitted to a court.

68 rules on 20 pages of the book.

In this chapter

  • B1.1Citation Sentences and Clauses2
  • B1.3Explanatory Parentheticals1
  • B10.1Full Citation14
  • B10.2Short Form Citation1
  • B12.1Full Citation11
  • B14Administrative and Executive Materials5
  • B15.1Full Citation1
  • B15.2Short Form Citation2
  • B16.1Full Citation1
  • B16.2Short Form Citation2
  • B17.1Full Citation9
  • B17.2Short Form Citation2
  • B2Typeface for Court Documents6
  • B22.2Tribal Nations Without an Established Citation Format3
  • B3Subdivisions1
  • B5.2Block Quotations2
  • B5.3Modifying Quotations and Citations for Clarity1
  • B6Abbreviations, Numerals, and Symbols2
  • B7Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances1
  • B8Capitalization1

B1.1Citation Sentences and Clauses

  • Lowercase the signal
  • Replace the period with a comma

B1.3Explanatory Parentheticals

  • Remove the closing period

B10.1Full Citation

  • Remove the Illinois Decisions cite
  • Remove the pincite on the parallel cite
  • Use the public-domain citation alone
  • B10.1.1Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  • B10.1.1Add a comma after the citation
  • B10.1.1Remove the procedural phrase
  • B10.1.1Replace the governmental party's name
  • B10.1.1(ii)Remove the given name
  • B10.1.1(ii)Shorten the party to the surname
  • B10.1.2Replace “at” with a comma
  • B10.1.3Add the pincite for each reporter
  • B10.1.3(v)Remove the department or district
  • B10.1.5Move the parenthetical after the date
  • B10.1.6Abbreviate the history phrase

B10.2Short Form Citation

  • Add "at" before the page

B12.1Full Citation

  • Add the publisher and year
  • Add the publisher’s name
  • Use “ILCS” for the compiled statutes
  • Use the Illinois form of the Code
  • B12.1.1Add the act's own section number
  • B12.1.1Add the publisher
  • B12.1.1Remove italics from the citation
  • B12.1.4Cite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”
  • B12.1.4Use “Temp. Treas. Reg.”
  • B12.1.4Use the Cumulative Bulletin's form
  • B12.1.4Use the Treasury regulation abbreviation

B14Administrative and Executive Materials

  • Add the party's name or subject-matter title
  • Add the title number or the provision
  • Remove the section symbol
  • Use “Ill. Adm. Code”
  • Use the designator this state requires

B15.1Full Citation

  • Italicize the whole title

B15.2Short Form Citation

  • Use “id.” for the book cited above
  • Use a short form

B16.1Full Citation

  • Italicize the article's title

B16.2Short Form Citation

  • Add the article's title to the supra
  • Use “id.” for the citation just above

B17.1Full Citation

  • B17.1.1Abbreviate the document's title
  • B17.1.1Remove the article from the title
  • B17.1.1Remove the preposition from the title
  • B17.1.1Replace the abbreviation with the word
  • B17.1.1Use “R.” for the record
  • B17.1.2Add the pincite
  • B17.1.2Remove the label before the page
  • B17.1.3Add the date of the filing
  • B17.1.4Use “Dkt. No.” for the docket number

B17.2Short Form Citation

  • Use the “id.” short form
  • Use the short form of the title

B2Typeface for Court Documents

  • Italicize the history phrase
  • Italicize the related-authority phrase
  • Italicize the short form
  • Italicize the signal
  • Italicize the whole case name
  • Remove italics past the case name

B22.2Tribal Nations Without an Established Citation Format

  • Add the provision cited
  • Replace the abbreviation in the Nation’s name
  • Replace the abbreviation with the word

B3Subdivisions

  • Use Arabic numerals for the volume

B5.2Block Quotations

  • Remove the indent from the citation
  • Use single spacing and justified margins

B5.3Modifying Quotations and Citations for Clarity

  • Replace “(cleaned up)”

B6Abbreviations, Numerals, and Symbols

  • Replace the numeral with a word
  • Replace the word with a numeral

B7Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances

  • Remove italics from common Latin

B8Capitalization

  • Replace the abbreviation with the title

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