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Citation rules/Cases/10.8 Special Citation Forms

Use “depublished by”

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An order depublishing a case, where the order was itself reported, joins the case as subsequent history under the explanatory phrase the rule names rather than under a connective the writer coins.¹

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1R. 10.8.1(d) Depublished cases. Tables: R. 10.7.1(a) Prior or subsequent history; T8 Explanatory Phrases.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

PreviousReplace the abbreviation with the word NextUse a time marker for the pincite

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Add “at” before the page
Add a comma after the order's title
Add the asterisk before the page
Add the court
Add the database number
Add the docket number
Add the docket number
Add the month or remove “Former”
Use “depublished by”

More in 10.8 Special Citation Forms

Add “at” before the page
Add a comma after the order's title
Add the asterisk before the page
Add the court
Add the database number
Add the docket number
Add the docket number
Add the month or remove “Former”
Use “depublished by”

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