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Citation rules/Bluepages/B1.1 Citation Sentences and Clauses

Replace the period with a comma

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A citation clause is set off by commas on both sides; the closing period belongs only to the clause that ends the sentence it sits in.1

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  1. 1B1.1 Citation Sentences and Clauses. Tables: R. 1.1(b)(ii) Citation clauses.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousLowercase the signalNextRemove the closing period

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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. Remove the department or district
  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 pincite for each reporter
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Move the parenthetical after the date
  7. Remove the closing period
  8. Remove the department or district
  9. Replace the period with a comma

Back to Bluepages

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