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Citation rules/Bluepages/B2 Typeface for Court Documents

Italicize the short form

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

The short-form words themselves — a one-party case name, “id.”, “supra” — are italicized or underlined in a court filing, exactly as a full case name is; the pincite that follows is not.1

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  1. 1B2 Typeface for Court Documents; B10.2 Short Form Citation; R. 10.9(a)(i) Generally; B15.2 Short Form Citation; B7 Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances; R. 4.1 “Id.”.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousItalicize the related-authority phraseNextItalicize the signal

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  1. Italicize the history phrase
  2. Italicize the related-authority phrase
  3. Italicize the short form
  4. Italicize the signal
  5. Italicize the whole case name
  6. Lowercase the signal
  7. Remove italics past the case name
  8. Remove the closing period
  9. Replace the period with a comma

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More in Bluepages

  1. Italicize the history phrase
  2. Italicize the related-authority phrase
  3. Italicize the short form
  4. Italicize the signal
  5. Italicize the whole case name
  6. Lowercase the signal
  7. Remove italics past the case name
  8. Remove the closing period
  9. Replace the period with a comma

Back to Bluepages

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