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Citation rules/Tables/T1.2 Federal Administrative and Executive Materials

Use the order party, docket, then source

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An unpublished decision of the Comptroller General is cited by the party that protested, the docket the protest was filed under, then the volume or year, the source, and where the decision begins in it.1

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  1. 1T1.2 Government Accountability Office (GAO). Tables: R. 10.8.1(a) Cases available on electronic media.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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More in T1.2 Federal Administrative and Executive Materials

  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the docket number and full date
  4. Add the Federal Register cite or move Q&A
  5. Add the letter's release date
  6. Add the missing parenthetical
  7. Add the opposing agency
  8. Move the description of the decision
  9. Use the order party, docket, then source

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More in T1.2 Federal Administrative and Executive Materials

  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the docket number and full date
  4. Add the Federal Register cite or move Q&A
  5. Add the letter's release date
  6. Add the missing parenthetical
  7. Add the opposing agency
  8. Move the description of the decision
  9. Use the order party, docket, then source

Back to Tables

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