Use the judge's surname first
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A separate opinion is noted by the judge’s surname, then the abbreviated title, then the role, and the role is reproduced exactly as the opinion words it.1
- 1R. 10.6.1(a) Generally; B10.1.5 Weight of Authority and Explanatory Parentheticals.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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- Add a comma after the case name
- Add the pincite to the quoted case
- Move the explanatory parenthetical last
- Use a history phrase, not a parenthetical
- Use an explanatory phrase for an acquiescence
- Use the in-chambers parenthetical form
- Use the judge's surname first
- Use the surname and abbreviated title
- Use the U.S. Reports