Remove the later union designations
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
“Riverside Stagehands Local 417”, not “… Local 417, IATSE, AFL-CIO” — the parent and federation designations after the first are omitted.1
- Wrong
- … Local 417, IATSE, AFL-CIO
- Right
- Riverside Stagehands Local 417
- 1R. 10.2.1(i)(i) Union and local union names; R. 10.2.1(i)(ii) Union and local union names.
- 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
- Remove the later union designations