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1 Bluebook Tips Todd Ito, tito@uchicago.edutito@uchicago.edu Bill Schwesig, was2@uchicago.eduwas2@uchicago.edu D’Angelo Law Library

2  The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation. 19 th 3d.  XXKF245.B59, Law Reserve  User's Guide to the Bluebook, by Alan L. Dworsky  XXKF245.D853 2010, Law Reserve  Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2010) by Peter W. Martin.  http:// www.law.cornell.edu/citation / http:// www.law.cornell.edu/citation / Bluebook Resources

3 U.S. Supreme Court: Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961). U.S. Court of Appeals: Doe v. Renfrow, 631 F.2d 91 (7th Cir. 1980). U.S. District Court: Picha v. Wielgos, 410 F. Supp. 1214 (N.D. Ill. 1976). Typical Case Citations: Federal

4 Illinois Supreme Court: City of Naperville v. Watson, 175 Ill. 2d 399 (1997). Illinois Court of Appeals: People v. Kline, 355 Ill. App. 3d 770 (2005). Other State Court: Lamb v. Holmes, 162 S.W.3d 902 (Ky. 2005). Typical Case Citations: State

5  U.S. Supreme Court: Cite United State Reports (U.S.)  Bound volumes and preliminary prints on HeinOnline  For recent Supreme Court cases, cite West’s Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) or U.S. Supreme Court Reports Lawyers Edition (L. Ed. 2d)  Courts of Appeals: Cite F.3d or F. Appx.  District Courts: Cite F. Supp.  Illinois: Cite Ill. or Ill. App.  State Courts: Cite Regional Reporter (A., N.E., N.W., P., S.E., S.W., So.)  For lower courts in California and NY, cite Cal. Rptr. and N.Y.S. Which Reporter Do I Cite?

6  Cite a loose-leaf service (Trade Cases, LRRM, USPQ)  Cite the slip opinion.  Cite either LexisNexis or Westlaw.  United States v. Conrad, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34892. Unreported Cases

7 U.S. Code: 2 U.S.C. § 150 (2006). Illinois Compiled Statutes: 10 ILCS 5/5- 16.2 (2008).  NOTE: The Bluebook indicates that the Illinois Compiled Statutes should be cited as 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/5-16.2 (2008), which does not apply in the state of Illinois. See 25 ILCS 135/5.04 (2008). How Do I Cite a Statute?

8  U.S. Const. amend. IV.  Do not include a date unless it has been repealed or totally superseded. How Do I Cite the U.S. Constitution?

9  Star Pagination – reflects page breaks in original version  Lexis has star pages for official and unofficial reporters.  You can highlight the page breaks for the reporter you are using.  Westlaw has star pages and images of cases from their federal and regional reporters.  PDF images - LexisNexis and Westlaw don’t have PDF images of cases that have not appeared in bound volumes. For US Supreme Court cases, there are no PDFS for cases from about the last 3 years.  Copy with Cite/Ref - Copies text with citation.  Shepards and Keycite – use to get the case name (not necessarily citation) in the correct form. LexisNexis and Westlaw Tips

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