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The Bluebook Uncovered

A Practical Guide to Mastering Legal Citation

(Twenty-First Edition of The Bluebook)

DIONNE E. ANTHON

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About the Author

Dionne E. Anthon currently teaches a Technology & Communication course at Widener University Commonwealth Law School. She is also the Corporate Communications Manager at the Eden Resort & Suites in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prior to her current positions, Professor Anthon taught legal research and writing at Florida International University College of Law for two years and at Widener University Commonwealth Law School for seven years. Professor Anthon has presented on citation, teaching, assessment, and technology topics at numerous regional and national conferences.

Professor Anthon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an Arthur Littleton and H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Instructor and a Production Editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law. After graduating from law school, Professor Anthon clerked for United States District Judge Christopher C. Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Before law school, Professor Anthon worked for six years in information technology consulting, primarily developing training materials and teaching consultants and clients the programming language for a business management software package. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary of Contents

Contents ............................................................................................................................. iii Preface ................................................................................................................................ ix Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. xi Conventions Used in This Book.......................................................................................xiii

PART I

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION............................................................... 1

Legal Citations........................................................................................ 3

PART II

Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7

BASIC CITATION INFORMATION ................................. 13

Cases: Full Citation .............................................................................. 15 Cases: Short Citation ........................................................................... 47 Statutes .................................................................................................. 61 Other Primary Authority .................................................................... 81 Court & Litigation Documents........................................................... 93 Secondary Authority ......................................................................... 107

PART III

Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11

ADDITIONAL CITATION INFORMATION ................... 121

Cases: Prior & Subsequent History ................................................. 123 Cases: Parallel Citation...................................................................... 137 Parentheticals ..................................................................................... 151 Nonprint Sources ............................................................................... 175

PART IV

Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16

OTHER BLUEBOOK TOPICS ........................................ 189

Quotations........................................................................................... 191 String Citations................................................................................... 211 Introductory Signals .......................................................................... 219 Pinpoint Information ......................................................................... 233 Capitalization ..................................................................................... 257

PART V BLUEBOOK RULES IN CONTEXT ................................. 265

Chapter 17 Comprehensive Exercise ................................................................... 267 Appendix: Differences in Rules for Scholarly Writing................................................... 295 Index ............................................................................................................................... 303

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