Use the federal rule set's abbreviation
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
The federal procedural rules are cited by abbreviated name: “Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)”, not “FRCP 12(b)(6)”; the Rules of Evidence take no “P.” in the name.1
- Wrong
- FRCP 12(b)(6)
- Right
- Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)
- 1R. 12.9.3 Rules of Evidence and Procedure; B12.1.3 Procedural Rules, Restatements, Uniform Acts, and Similar Materials; R. 6.1(a) Spacing.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
More in 12.9 Special Citation Forms
- Abbreviate a restatement's appended material
- Abbreviate the act's title
- Abbreviate the city
- Abbreviate the committee's name
- Abbreviate the guidelines' appended material
- Abbreviate the institutional author
- Abbreviate the Model Rules' appended material
- Abbreviate the state
- Use the federal rule set's abbreviation