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

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Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

The arbitrator, mediator or referee credited at the end of an award is named with table T11’s abbreviation for the title, not the title spelled out.¹

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1R. 9(a) Justices and judges; R. 14.3.1(b) Arbitrations. Tables: T11 Judges and Officials.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

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