Use a real U.S. Code edition year
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A main edition of the U.S. Code appears in 1926 and every sixth year from 1934, and the years in between are cited as Supplements I through V.1
- 1R. 12.3.2 Year of Code; R. 12.2.1(a) Statutes currently in force; B12.1.1 Federal Statutes; B12.1.2 State Statutes.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.