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Citation rules/Cases/10.5 Date or Year

Add the year of decision

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

The court-and-date parenthetical carries the year the case was decided.¹

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1R. 10.5(a) Decisions published in reporters; B10.1.3 Court and Year of Decision.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

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More in Cases

Abbreviate the case name
Abbreviate the procedural phrase
Abbreviate the state in the party name
Add a comma after the case name
Add a procedural phrase to the case name
Add the date of decision
Add the decision date beside the court
Add the year of decision
Remove the comma before the parenthetical

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