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Citation rules/Typeface conventions/2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material

Italicize the case name

Warning2Law reviews21st and 22nd editions

A law review's running text sets a case name in italics, including the “v.” and any procedural phrase; the citation itself, in roman, belongs in a footnote.1

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  1. 1R. 2.2(a)(i) Case names. Tables: R. 2.2(a) Main text.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Italicize “supra”
  2. Italicize the case name
  3. Italicize the case name
  4. Italicize the title named in prose
  5. Move the citation into a footnote
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the case name
  8. Remove italics from the separating mark
  9. Use small caps for the author

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More in 2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material

  1. Italicize “supra”
  2. Italicize the case name
  3. Italicize the case name
  4. Italicize the title named in prose
  5. Move the citation into a footnote
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the case name
  8. Remove italics from the separating mark
  9. Use small caps for the author

Back to Typeface conventions

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