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Citation rules/Cases/10.8 Special Citation Forms

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Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A slip opinion’s parenthetical names the deciding court in front of the date, because no reporter volume identifies the court instead.¹

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1R. 10.8.1(b) Cases available in slip opinions; B10.1.4 Pending and Unreported Cases. Tables: R. 10.9(a)(iii) Slip opinions.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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