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Citation rules/Titles of officials/9 Titles of Judges, Officials, and Terms of Court

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Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A list of Supreme Court Justices names the Chief Justice first, whether written out in prose or abbreviated in a parenthetical.¹

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1R. 9(b) Ordering. Tables: T11 Judges and Officials.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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