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Citation rules/Bluepages/B22.2 Tribal Nations Without an Established Citation Format

Replace the abbreviation with the word

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A Tribal code citation spells out the code’s name and the Nation’s, where an ordinary statute shortens both: “Muscogee (Creek) Nation Code of Laws § 3-202 (2015)”, not “Muscogee (Creek) Nat’n Code of Laws § 3-202 (2015)”.1

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Muscogee (Creek) Nat’n Code of Laws § 3-202 (2015)
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation Code of Laws § 3-202 (2015)
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  1. 1B22.2 Tribal Nations Without an Established Citation Format. Tables: T1.5 Tribal Nations; T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the provision cited
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Remove the closing period
  7. Replace the abbreviation in the Nation’s name
  8. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  9. Replace the period with a comma

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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 provision cited
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Remove the closing period
  7. Replace the abbreviation in the Nation’s name
  8. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  9. Replace the period with a comma

Back to Bluepages

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