Add the database's “through” date
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A constitution read in a commercial database carries the database's own statement of how current its text is: “Or. Const. art. IV, § 1 (West, Westlaw through Nov. 2022 amendments)”, not “(West, Westlaw)”.1
- Wrong
- (West, Westlaw)
- Right
- Or. Const. art. IV, § 1 (West, Westlaw through Nov. 2022 amendments)
- 1R. 11 Constitutions. Tables: R. 12.5(a) Commercial electronic databases.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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