Citing other resources bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. Bt2 jurisdictionspecific citation rules and style guides. Citing to the record in briefs marquette university law. A second type of citation is at least equally important to the writing that lawyers file with judges in litigationnamely one that refers with precision to prior events or documents in the case or to portions of the record. Citing to the record firstyear law students will likely need to cite to depositions, interrogatories, or trial transcripts in the record in order to develop facts for briefs. Legal citation for court documents and legal memoranda. According to bluebook, all assertions based on deposition. Legislative materials bluebook legal citation tarlton law library. Court document abbreviations table 8 of 17th edition this table gives suggested abbreviations for citations of court documents and legal memoranda not in the other forms of legal writing for the words most commonly found in the titles of court documents.
Citation formats to online sources are too varied to provide meaningful examples here, so be sure to consult rule 18 carefully. There are several disadvantages to the traditional, bluebookcentered approach to. Home legal citation for court documents and legal memoranda. If you are using parentheses around your record cites, then you use them with all record cites, including those that contain id. It contains extensive instructions on how to format case citations, and rule 10 also provides guidance on citing briefs, court filings, and transcripts. I dont think it would make a difference if you changed the pincite, so in your example. When you are preparing an argument or trial brief, you must cite all facts stated, including those from sources such as the transcripts of depositions given in a trial. Basics full name of document amended complaint and demand for jury trial at 24, rubio v. Citation of legislative material is covered by rule. Taiwain, republic of china sources of law, t2 tax court, citation of cases, r14. Legislative materials bluebook legal citation tarlton. The bluebook now makes it optional to use parentheses around your record cites.
Congressional hearings and testimony how to cite us. The bluebook states that when citing united states material, you should include the title, if relevant, the abbreviated name of the chamber, the number of the congress, the number assigned to the material, and the year of publication. To cite committee hearings, you should always include the entire title as it appears on the cover, the bill. Bluebook citations federal legislative history libguides at. The bluebook contains rules that prescribe how to cite a variety of legal. How to cite documents from earlier stages of the same case. Following mla style guidelines, the first element in a parenthetical reference. Well, are you citing to a paragraph or a line number. The bluebook style manual offers clear guidelines for the citation of trial transcripts. The date of the event is furnished with depositions, trial testimony, and in other. If youre citing to a paragraph likely because the lines arent. A second type of citation is at least equally important to the writing that lawyers.
If youre citing to a line number, dont use the paragraph symbol. The major citation guides focus primarily on citations to legal authorityjudicial opinions, statutes, and commentary. This is a comprehensive bluebook citation guide from boston university school of law for use in court. If i were citing such a hearing in a court document, i would definitely attach a copy of the hearing transcriptassuming there is oneas an exhibit to the. To cite government documents in parenthetical references, the mla handbook refers users to page 224, section 6. Mla documentation style uses brief parenthetical citations in the text that lead to the list of works cited. Be sure to look in the blue section of the bluebook and in the back inside reference pages u. Use the bluebook when citing and referencing cases in court documents and legal memoranda submitted in federal court and in state courts beyond florida. How to cite a deposition transcript pen and the pad.