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Citation rules/Typeface conventions/2.1 Typeface Conventions for Citations

Italicize the short-form case name

Error2Law reviews21st and 22nd editions

A short-form case name is italic in a law review as it is in a brief, the one case-name face the two conventions share. The volume, reporter and pincite beside it stay plain.1

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  1. 1R. 2.1(a) Case names; R. 10.9(a)(i) Generally.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousItalicize the procedural phraseNextItalicize the signal

More in 2.1 Typeface Conventions for Citations

  1. Italicize the article title
  2. Italicize the history phrase
  3. Italicize the procedural phrase
  4. Italicize the short-form case name
  5. Italicize the signal
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the name in the title
  8. Remove italics from the newspaper byline
  9. Remove italics from the participle

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More in 2.1 Typeface Conventions for Citations

  1. Italicize the article title
  2. Italicize the history phrase
  3. Italicize the procedural phrase
  4. Italicize the short-form case name
  5. Italicize the signal
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the name in the title
  8. Remove italics from the newspaper byline
  9. Remove italics from the participle

Back to Typeface conventions

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