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Citation rules/Statutes/12.7 Invalidation, Repeal, Amendment, and Prior History

Add the date to the parenthetical

Warning2Federal courts21st and 22nd editions

A repeal or an amendment is noted parenthetically with its date, because the fact alone does not say which version was in force when.1

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  1. 1R. 12.7.2 Repeal; R. 12.7.3 Amendment; R. 12.7 Invalidation, Repeal, Amendment, and Prior History. Tables: R. 12.2.1(b) Statutes no longer in force; R. 12.8 Explanatory Parenthetical Phrases.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousAdd the case that invalidated itNextUse parentheses for the prior history

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  1. Add the case that invalidated it
  2. Add the compilation's publisher
  3. Add the date to the parenthetical
  4. Add the section symbol
  5. Add the supplement's year
  6. Add the title number
  7. Add the title number in front
  8. Add the title or chapter number
  9. Use parentheses for the prior history

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  1. Add the case that invalidated it
  2. Add the compilation's publisher
  3. Add the date to the parenthetical
  4. Add the section symbol
  5. Add the supplement's year
  6. Add the title number
  7. Add the title number in front
  8. Add the title or chapter number
  9. Use parentheses for the prior history

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