Skip to content

Case checker
Format checker
Pricing
About
Blog

Sign in Check a document

Students
Law firms
Government
Case checker
Format checker
Pricing
About
Blog

Sign in
Check a document

Citation review for court filings and law-review articles, checked against the Bluebook and the public court record.

Product

Check a document
Case citation checker
Pricing
How it works
Case record
Rule library

Who it's for

Students
Law firms
Courts and agencies

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Terms of service
Privacy policy
Security

© 2026 Counselcite. Not affiliated with the Bluebook or its publishers.

Bluebook is a registered trademark of the Columbia Law Review Association, the Harvard Law Review Association, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal.

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

Add the case that invalidated it

Warning²Federal courts21st and 22nd editions

Invalidation is shown by a full citation of the case, introduced by the explanatory phrase; a bare parenthetical leaves the reader without the holding.¹

Check a document

1R. 12.7.1 Invalidation. Tables: T8 Explanatory Phrases.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

PreviousMove the section number after the act number NextAdd the date to the parenthetical

More in Statutes

Add the case that invalidated it
Add the compilation's publisher
Add the date to the parenthetical
Add the section symbol
Add the supplement's year
Add the title number
Add the title number in front
Add the title or chapter number
Use parentheses for the prior history

Back to Statutes

More in Statutes

Add the case that invalidated it
Add the compilation's publisher
Add the date to the parenthetical
Add the section symbol
Add the supplement's year
Add the title number
Add the title number in front
Add the title or chapter number
Use parentheses for the prior history

Back to Statutes

Sign in Check a document

Check a document