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Citation rules/Legislative materials/13.4 Reports, Documents, and Committee Prints

Add the state in a parenthetical

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A state legislative report names its state, abbreviated, in a parenthetical, unless the title or the author printed in the citation already names it.1

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  1. 1R. 13.4(f) State materials. Tables: T10 Geographical Terms.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in 13.4 Reports, Documents, and Committee Prints

  1. Add the agency's report number
  2. Add the Congress to the author
  3. Add the missing journal elements
  4. Add the missing punctuation
  5. Add the session or the year
  6. Add the session to the parenthetical
  7. Add the state in a parenthetical
  8. Use a hyphen in the report number
  9. Use small caps for the report designation

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More in 13.4 Reports, Documents, and Committee Prints

  1. Add the agency's report number
  2. Add the Congress to the author
  3. Add the missing journal elements
  4. Add the missing punctuation
  5. Add the session or the year
  6. Add the session to the parenthetical
  7. Add the state in a parenthetical
  8. Use a hyphen in the report number
  9. Use small caps for the report designation

Back to Legislative materials

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