Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook

186 Pages·2016·69.612 MB·English

by  Linda J. Barris

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Understanding and Mastering
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CAROLINA ACADEMIC PRESS
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ISBN 978-1-61163-774-8
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This book is published as a guide to the rules of legal citation set forth in The Bluebook:A Uni- u
form System of Citation",'T wentieth Edition, copyright 2015 by The Columbia Law Review As-
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Law Journal. This book is neither published by nor affiliated with the publishers of The Blue-
book. The Bluebooki s published by The Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, 1511
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Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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2016 Printing
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Contents
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• Acknowledgments xi
• 1 Getting Started 3
• A. Introduction to Legal Citation and The Bluebook 4
B. Practitioners' Style and Local Rules 6
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1. Typeface Conventions: Practitioners' Style 6
• 2. Introduction to Local Rules 9
C. When to Cite 10
D. Citation Sentences, Clauses, and Embedded Citations 12
1. Citation Sentences 14
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3. Embedded Citations 15
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E. Pinpoint Citations 17
• 1. Pages 18
• 2. Sections and Subsections 19
3. Paragraphs 21
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4. Lines 21
• 5. Footnotes 22
• 6. Endnotes 23
7. Supplements 24
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F. Spacing Rules for Citation Abbreviations 24
• G. Introduction to Short Form Citations 26
1. Id. 26
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2. Supra 27
•. . 3. Alternate Short Forms 28
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2 Cases 29
A. Basic Case Citation Rules 30
• 1. Case Name 30
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2. Source Information 33
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(a) Volume 35
(b) Reporter Name 35
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(d) Pinpoint Page Number (aka Pincite) 35
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3. Court 36
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4. Year 38
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B. Special Rules for Case Names 38
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1. Businesses and Organizations 39
2. Governmental Parties 41
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(a) Federal Government 42
(b) State Governments 42
(c) A County, City, or Town Is a Party 44 w
3. Alternate Names 45 w
4. Procedural and Descriptive Phrases 46
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5. Unions 50
6. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 50
C. Short Form Case Citations 50
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1. Id. 51
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2. Alternate Short Form 52
D. Parallel Citations 55 w
E. Public Domain Citations 57
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F. Parenthetical Information 60
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1. Dissents and Concurrences 60
2. Quoting or Citing Parentheticals 61 w
3. Weight of Authority 62 --
G. Subsequent History 63
H. Ordering Multiple Additions to Citations 63 '-"
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3 Statutes 65
A. Federal and State Statutes 66 w
1. Form 66
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2. Basic Federal and State Statutory Citations 68
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3. Code Name 69
4. Titles, Chapters, and Section Numbers 70 w
5. Publisher 73
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B. Additional Information in Statutory Citations 74
1. Supplements 74 w
2. Subject Matter Codes 75
3. Named Statutes 75 '-
C. Short Forms: Statutes 75 w
1. Id. 76
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4 Constitutions 79
• A. Basic Citation Forms 79
B. Short Form: Constitutions 80
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A. Federal Administrative Regulations 83
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B. State Administrative Regulations 85
• C. Internal Revenue Code 86
• D. Treasury Regulations 87
• 6 Procedural and Court Rules 91
A. Rules of Procedure and Evidence 91
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1. Federal Rules of Procedure and Evidence 91
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2. State Rules of Procedure and Evidence 92
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1. Federal Rules of Court 93
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2. State Rules of Court 94
• C. Short Forms: Rules 95
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• A. Treatises and Books 97
• 1. Author's Full Name 98
2. Book Title 99
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3. Pinpoint Page, Section, or Volume 99
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5. Year 100
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6. Short Forms: Treatises and Books 100
• B. Periodicals (Law Reviews and Journals) 102
• 1. Author's Full Name 102
2. Article Title 103
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3. Volume 103
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6. Pinpoint Page(s) 104
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• Short Forms: Periodicals 104
C. Restatements 106
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Short Forms: Restatements 107
• D. Legal Dictionaries 108
• Short Forms: Dictionaries 108
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F. Legal Encyclopedias 111 w
Short Forms: Encyclopedias 112
8 Litigation Documents and Record Citations 113 w
A. Litigation Documents and Appellate Record 113 w
1. Document Title 114
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C. Enclosing Citations in Parentheses 117
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A. String Citations 119
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2. Short Forms in String Citations 122
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2. Determining the Appropriate Signal 125
3. Multiple Signals in String Citations 126 Iii
4. Using Explanatory Parentheticals to Clarify Signals 128
5. Using Short Forms With Signals 128
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2. Short Quotations 132
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B. Court Documents and Proceedings 141 w
1. Courts 141
2. Parties to a Legal Action 142
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A. Cases 151
• 1. Commercial Databases: Published Decisions 151
2. Commercial Databases: Unpublished Decisions 153
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• B. Statutes 156
1. Commercial Databases 156
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4. Practitioners' Alternate Form (Optional) 157
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C. Constitutions 159
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F. Secondary Sources 162
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1. Treatises and Books 162
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4. Dictionaries 164
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5. A.L.R. Annotations 165
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Appendix: Citing Cases from Commercial Databases 167
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Index of Bluebook Rules 171
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Subject Index 173
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