Move the parentheticals into order
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A citation's parentheticals run in a fixed order: the date, weight of authority such as “(per curiam)”, the quotation notes, “quoting” or “citing”, and the explanation last.1
- 1R. 1.5(b) Order of parentheticals within a citation; R. 5.2(d) Changes to citations; R. 18.2.1(c) Order of parentheticals. Tables: R. 10.6.4 Order of Parentheticals.
- 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