Post 1965 emily posts etiquette the blue book of social usage by emily l. The fastest way to collect all of the citation information for a case is to highlight the specific text you would like to cite and use the databases copy with citation feature. See also is commonly used to refer readers to authorities already cited or discussed. This will provide you with all of the information you need to cite the case but it will not be properly bluebooked. If you read through the document that you have linked to the indigo book, you will see in section r4. Emily posts etiquette the blue book of social usage by. The following information regarding the bluebook citation format is an adapted version of the style and for. Always check the blue pages in the back of the bluebook table 1 to ensure that the.
For more on reporters, see our case law research guide or watch anatomy of a case, case citation, and the case law reporter system in our case law research tutorial on the right. In law, a citation or introductory signal is a set of phrases or words used to clarify the authority. See is probably the most frequently used and abused introductory signal. Our renegade also remained commendably squeak and rattle free, although wed love to see jeep expend a bit more effort towards further reducing tire. Italicize the signal if it is included in the citation sentence. Although not a catchall signal, it is often inappropriately used as such. When citing an authority that supports the proposition after other authorities that state or directly support the proposition see also use of an explanatory.
If you are writing a brief or memo, look at the blue pages, rule b10 or apply the citation rules of the jurisdiction. Details about emily posts etiquette the blue book of social usage by emily l. What maps reveal about our surroundings and ourselves. Michigan appellate opinion manual state appellate defender office. See also sanabria, 437 us at 64 stating that the fundamental nature of. Always use a signal unless 1 the cited authority directly states the proposition in the text. When writers do not signal a citation, the cited authority states the proposition, is the source of the cited quotation or identifies an authority referred to in. For brief format, use italics or underlining for a case name. Use the citation format found in the bluebook for other states.
If a case is published in a reporter, the bluebook prescribes which reporter is the preferred one to cite table 1. It is used when the cited authority clearly supports a proposition but there is an inferential step between the proposition as stated and the cited authority. This handout, used in conjunction with bluebook rule 1. If you want to underline a word for emphasis, you must so indicate in a. Cases bluebook legal citation tarlton law library at. Those phrases such as cert denied, introducing a case citation for the action indicated by the explanatory phrase are followed by commas which are not italicized, see rule 2.
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