Remove the extra party names
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
Only the first party on each side is named; “et al.” is dropped, and so is an alternative name given for that party — “Alder v. Brisco”, not “Alder et al. v. Brisco d/b/a Brisco Hardware, Inc.”.1
- Wrong
- Alder et al. v. Brisco d/b/a Brisco Hardware, Inc.
- Right
- Alder v. Brisco
- 1R. 10.2.1(a) Actions and parties cited; B10.1.1(iii) Case Names.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
More in 10.2 Case Names
- Abbreviate the case name
- Abbreviate the procedural phrase
- Abbreviate the state in the party name
- Add a procedural phrase to the case name
- Lowercase the article before the name
- Lowercase the word after the abbreviation
- Remove “of America” from the party
- Remove “The” from the case name
- Remove the extra party names