Move the explanatory parenthetical last
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A case citation's closing parentheticals run in a fixed order: weight of authority, then the quoting or citing source, then any explanatory parenthetical last.1
- 1R. 10.6.4 Order of Parentheticals. Tables: R. 1.5(b) Order of parentheticals within a citation.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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