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Citation rules/Cases/10.8 Special Citation Forms

Add the docket number

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A court filing cited from another case always carries that case's docket number — in a parenthetical where the case is reported, and as the citation itself where it is not.1

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  1. 1R. 10.8.3 Briefs, Court Filings, and Transcripts.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Add “at” before the page
  2. Add a comma after the order's title
  3. Add the asterisk before the page
  4. Add the court
  5. Add the database number
  6. Add the docket number
  7. Add the docket number
  8. Add the month or remove “Former”
  9. Add the pincite to the database cite

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More in 10.8 Special Citation Forms

  1. Add “at” before the page
  2. Add a comma after the order's title
  3. Add the asterisk before the page
  4. Add the court
  5. Add the database number
  6. Add the docket number
  7. Add the docket number
  8. Add the month or remove “Former”
  9. Add the pincite to the database cite

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