Replace the state in the parenthetical
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
The name of the code has already given the state, so its parenthetical carries the publisher of an unofficial compilation: “Cal. Penal Code § 459 (West 2010)”, not “(Cal. 2010)”.1
- Wrong
- (Cal. 2010)
- Right
- Cal. Penal Code § 459 (West 2010)
- 1R. 12.3.1(d) Publisher, editor, or compiler; B12.1.1 Federal Statutes; B12.1.2 State Statutes. Tables: T1.3 States and the District of Columbia.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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