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Citation rules/Bluepages/B5.2 Block Quotations

Use single spacing and justified margins

Style note2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A block quotation is drawn single spaced and squared off at both margins, so it reads as borrowed text rather than the writer's own paragraph.1

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  1. 1B5.2 Block Quotations. Tables: R. 5.1(a)(i) Indentation and quotation marks.
  2. 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
PreviousRemove the indent from the citationNextReplace “(cleaned up)”

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  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the pincite for each reporter
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Remove the closing period
  7. Remove the indent from the citation
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use single spacing and justified margins

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More in Bluepages

  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the pincite for each reporter
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Remove the closing period
  7. Remove the indent from the citation
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use single spacing and justified margins

Back to Bluepages

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