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Citation rules/Bluepages/B12.1 Full Citation

Remove italics from the citation

Warning2Federal courts21st and 22nd editions

A statute citation is set plain: the conventions that mark case names, signals and titles do not reach the title-and-section core of a code citation.1

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  1. 1B12.1.1 Federal Statutes; B2 Typeface for Court Documents.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousCite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”NextUse “ILCS” for the compiled statutes

More in B12.1 Full Citation

  1. Add the act's own section number
  2. Add the publisher
  3. Add the publisher and year
  4. Add the publisher’s name
  5. Cite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”
  6. Remove italics from the citation
  7. Use “ILCS” for the compiled statutes
  8. Use “Temp. Treas. Reg.”
  9. Use the Cumulative Bulletin's form

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More in B12.1 Full Citation

  1. Add the act's own section number
  2. Add the publisher
  3. Add the publisher and year
  4. Add the publisher’s name
  5. Cite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”
  6. Remove italics from the citation
  7. Use “ILCS” for the compiled statutes
  8. Use “Temp. Treas. Reg.”
  9. Use the Cumulative Bulletin's form

Back to Bluepages

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