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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.5 Electronic Storage Media

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Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A citation to a file on a device names the person or institution the file belongs to, between the bracketed file name and the device parenthetical.¹

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1R. 18.5(a) Physical media.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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