Abbreviate the author's name
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A web source is cited author first; an institutional author’s name is abbreviated with tables T6 and T10 — “Valley Transp. Auth.”, not “Valley Transportation Authority” — and the page's own title stays as printed.1
- Wrong
- Valley Transportation Authority
- Right
- Valley Transp. Auth.
- 1R. 18.2.2(a) Author of relevant object. Tables: R. 15.1(d) Abbreviations; R. 15.1(e) Abbreviations; T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T10 Geographical Terms.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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