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Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A code or regulation read on a commercial database names the database and, in place of the year, its own statement of currency: “Cal. Penal Code § 459 (West, Westlaw through ch. 12 of 2024 Reg. Sess.)”, not “(West, Westlaw)”.¹

1. 1R. 12.5(a) Commercial electronic databases; R. 14.5 Commercial Electronic Databases; R. 14.4 Commercial Electronic Databases. Tables: R. 12.1 Basic Citation Forms.
2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.