Replace the abbreviation with the word
Warning2Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
Illinois closes the list of abbreviations a party name may carry at fifteen; every other word in the name is written out in full.1
- 1Style Manual for the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Illinois pt. III(A)(6)(a); R. 10.2.2 Additional Rules for Case Names in Citations. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T10 Geographical Terms.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify 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
- Replace the abbreviation with the word