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Citation rules/Bluepages/B17.1 Full Citation

Remove the article from the title

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Table BT1 drops the articles as well as the prepositions from an abbreviated court-document title: “Def.’s Mem. Supp. Summ. J.”, not “Def.’s Mem. in Supp. of the Summ. J.”.1

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Def.’s Mem. in Supp. of the Summ. J.
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Def.’s Mem. Supp. Summ. J.
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  1. 1B17.1.1 Abbreviation; BT1 Court Documents.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in B17.1 Full Citation

  1. Abbreviate the document's title
  2. Add the date of the filing
  3. Add the pincite
  4. Remove the article from the title
  5. Remove the label before the page
  6. Remove the preposition from the title
  7. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  8. Use “Dkt. No.” for the docket number
  9. Use “R.” for the record

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More in B17.1 Full Citation

  1. Abbreviate the document's title
  2. Add the date of the filing
  3. Add the pincite
  4. Remove the article from the title
  5. Remove the label before the page
  6. Remove the preposition from the title
  7. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  8. Use “Dkt. No.” for the docket number
  9. Use “R.” for the record

Back to Bluepages

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