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Citation rules/Bluepages/B3 Subdivisions

Use Arabic numerals for the volume

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A multivolume work numbers its volumes in Arabic digits ahead of the author crediting the whole work: "3 Ronald E. Mallen … Legal Malpractice 101 (2014)", not "III Ronald E. Mallen …".1

Wrong
III Ronald E. Mallen …
Right
3 Ronald E. Mallen … Legal Malpractice 101 (2014)
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  1. 1B3 Subdivisions. Tables: R. 3.1(a) Volumes; T16 Subdivisions.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousReplace the abbreviation with the wordNextRemove the indent from the citation

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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. Move the parenthetical after the date
  7. Remove the closing period
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use Arabic numerals for the volume

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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. Move the parenthetical after the date
  7. Remove the closing period
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use Arabic numerals for the volume

Back to Bluepages

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