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Citation rules/Tables/T2.43 United Kingdom

Move the English Reports before the original

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st edition only

A pre-1865 English case is cited to its English Reports reprint first, with the original commercial reporter following behind a semicolon as the parallel citation.1

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  1. 1T2.43.1 England and Wales.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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  1. Add the case number
  2. Add the federal compilation citation
  3. Add the missing volume or decision number
  4. Add the term or the folio number
  5. Move the English Reports before the original
  6. Use a short form
  7. Use the chapter number
  8. Use the gazette form for the year cited
  9. Use the matching-language reporter

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More in Tables

  1. Add the case number
  2. Add the federal compilation citation
  3. Add the missing volume or decision number
  4. Add the term or the folio number
  5. Move the English Reports before the original
  6. Use a short form
  7. Use the chapter number
  8. Use the gazette form for the year cited
  9. Use the matching-language reporter

Back to Tables

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