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Citation rules/Bluepages/B1.3 Explanatory Parentheticals

Remove the closing period

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An explanatory parenthetical is not a sentence of its own; the citation it follows supplies the period, unless the parenthetical quotes text that reads as a full sentence.1

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  1. 1B1.3 Explanatory Parentheticals. Tables: R. 1.5(a)(i) Phrases not quoting the authority; R. 1.5(a)(ii) Phrases quoting the authority.
  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 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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