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Citation rules/Bluepages/B16.2 Short Form Citation

Add the article's title to the supra

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

When one writer has two cited works, a later “supra” with only the surname does not say which work it cites; the supra carries a shortened form of the article's title too.1

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  1. 1B16.2 Short Form Citation. Tables: B15.2 Short Form Citation; R. 4.2(a) “Supra.”; R. 16.9(b) Supra.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousItalicize the article's titleNextUse “id.” for the citation just above

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  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the article's title to the supra
  5. Add the pincite for each reporter
  6. Lowercase the signal
  7. Remove the closing period
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use “id.” for the citation just above

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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 article's title to the supra
  5. Add the pincite for each reporter
  6. Lowercase the signal
  7. Remove the closing period
  8. Replace the period with a comma
  9. Use “id.” for the citation just above

Back to Bluepages

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