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

Replace the abbreviation in the Nation’s name

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A Tribal Nation’s own name stays unabbreviated in its constitution citation, even where T6 shortens it elsewhere: “Const. of the Ak-Chin Indian Community art. I, § 1”, not “Ak-Chin Indian Cmty.”.1

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Ak-Chin Indian Cmty.
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Const. of the Ak-Chin Indian Community art. I, § 1
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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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