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Citation Cheat Sheet
Cases
Sager v. Maass, 907 F. Supp. 1412, 1415 (D. Or. 1995) (holding that trial court's failure to warn petitioner about dangers of self-representation is reversible error), aff'd, 84 F.3d 1212 (9th Cir. 1996).
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598, 664 (2000) (Breyer, J., dissenting) (citing City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507, 518 (1997)) (noting Congress's power to enact remedial legislation that prohibits constitutional conduct).
? Short form: Sager, 907 F. Supp. at 1415. ? Short form: Id. at 1415. ? Table T.8: connecting phrases, such as aff'd. ? Table T.1: court abbreviations. ? Rule 1.2: See Sager . . . or See, e.g., Sager . . .
? Order of parentheticals: (1) weight of authority; (2) citing or quoting; (3) explanatory.
? When citing U.S. Supreme Court or state's highest court, provide only the year.
Statutes
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ? 1, 18 U.S.C. ? 921 (2000).
Fla. Stat. ? 775.10 (2000).
? Short form: ? 1. ? or 18 U.S.C. ? 921. ? or Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ? 1.
? Table T.1: statute abbreviations.
Internet Sources
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), available at .
? Cite print source first. ? Add "available at" and online source.
Eric A. Posner, What the Efficient Performance Hypothesis Means for Contracts Scholarship, 116 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 438 (2007), posner.html.
? When source is only online, cite (1) author, (2) title, (3) page number, (4) publication date, and (5) URL.
? Avoid dates that refer to Web site ("last updated"). ? If no publication date is provided, write "(last visited
October 1, 2007)" after URL.
S. Rep. No. 92-21 (1971), reprinted in 1971 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1023, 1971 WL 11313.
? Legislative material. ? Name database and any codes or numbers that would
identify material.
United States v. Riggi, No. 03-1235L, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 24972, at *8 (2d Cir. Dec. 6, 2004).
? Unreported case. ? Asterisk (*) before page number.
Source: The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005).
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