Abbreviate the document's title
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A citation to a filing keeps the document's title carrying BT1's abbreviations: “Def.’s Mem. Supp. Summ. J. 6”, not “Def.’s Memorandum Supp. Summary Judgment 6”; prose keeps the words whole.1
- Wrong
- Def.’s Memorandum Supp. Summary Judgment 6
- Right
- Def.’s Mem. Supp. Summ. J. 6
- 1B17.1.1 Abbreviation. Tables: BT1 Court Documents.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.