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

Use the Commission’s letter form

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A citation to one of the Commission’s no-action, interpretive or exemptive letters names the correspondent in full and dates the letter to the day it became publicly available.1

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  1. 1T1.2 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Tables: R. 19.1 Citation Form for Services.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousUse the agency's abbreviation correctlyNextUse the Commission’s release form

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 Commission’s letter form

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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 Commission’s letter form

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