Move the explanation before the history
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
The parenthetical explaining an authority closes the primary citation, ahead of any prior or subsequent history or other related authority that follows it.1
- 1R. 1.5(b) Order of parentheticals within a citation. Tables: R. 1.6 Related Authority; T8 Explanatory Phrases.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
More in Structure and signals
- Add a space between parentheticals
- Add the comma that closes the clause
- Lowercase the parenthetical's first word
- Move the explanation before the history
- Move the parentheticals into order
- Move weight of authority before the explanation
- Use one parenthetical for the sources
- Use sentence form in the parenthetical
- Use the source enumerators