INTERACTIVE CITATION WORKBOOK FOR THE …

INTERACTIVE CITATION WORKBOOK FOR THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION

Washington

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INTERACTIVE CITATION WORKBOOK FOR THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION

Washington

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CITATIONS USING THE WASHINGTON STYLE SHEET

The Office of the Reporter of Decisions1 prepares the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for publication in the official court reports. Under the direction of the Supreme Court, the Reporter's Office publishes a style sheet for use in preparation of opinions for publication. The style sheet is available on the Internet through the home page for the Washington State Courts.2

General Rule 14, which sets out the format for pleadings and other papers, states that "[c]itations shall conform with the format prescribed by the Reporter of Decisions." GR 14(a). The Style Sheet is set out as an appendix to GR 14.

The key differences between The Bluebook and the Washington Style Sheet when constructing a citation are

the differing abbreviations, the requirement that citations be made to both the official reporters and the regional

reporter when there is an official reporter, and the lack of a section symbol or year in citations to statutes or the administrative code where

the cite is to a statute or regulation currently in effect. The Style Sheet is organized in three sections: (1) general principles, (2) abbreviations, and (3) exceptions to Bluebook. GENERAL PRINCIPLES In the general principles section, the Style Sheet adopts the Nineteenth edition of The Bluebook as the basic citation resource. It also directs the writer to "[u]se and cite to official sources, which in most instances are printed publications. Do not cite to an unofficial source unless the official source is unavailable."3 ABBREVIATIONS The second section of the Style Sheet sets out the abbreviations to be used for Washington sources. The following chart sets out the key differences between the abbreviations for the most commonly used sources under the Style Sheet and The Bluebook.

1 . 2 . A copy of the current style sheet is included at the end of this section. 3 The general principles section also contains information regarding style, spelling, and punctuation.

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