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Citation rules/Tables/T1.3 States and the District of Columbia

Use "Tex." for the Supreme Court of Texas

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Texas adopted the officially published Commission of Appeals opinions from 1879 through 1892 as its own, so those years are cited with the Supreme Court’s designator rather than the Commission’s.1

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  1. 1T1.3 Texas (Tex.). Tables: R. 10.4 Court and Jurisdiction.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousReplace the year or the abbreviationNextUse a page pincite

More in Tables

  1. Add the act/section slash
  2. Add the case number
  3. Remove the parallel "N.Y.S." citation
  4. Remove the section symbol
  5. Replace the year or the abbreviation
  6. Use "Tex." for the Supreme Court of Texas
  7. Use a page pincite
  8. Use the chapter number
  9. Use the public-domain citation

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More in Tables

  1. Add the act/section slash
  2. Add the case number
  3. Remove the parallel "N.Y.S." citation
  4. Remove the section symbol
  5. Replace the year or the abbreviation
  6. Use "Tex." for the Supreme Court of Texas
  7. Use a page pincite
  8. Use the chapter number
  9. Use the public-domain citation

Back to Tables

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