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Citation rules/Bluepages/B12.1 Full Citation

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Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

U.S.C.A. is West's edition and U.S.C.S. is LexisNexis's, and each prints its publisher in the date parenthetical; the official U.S.C. takes the year alone.1

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  1. 1B12.1.1 Federal Statutes; R. 12.3.1(d) Publisher, editor, or compiler.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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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

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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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