Form is of the essence, so the use of the Bluebook is crucial. A citation contains the name of the case or other authority, the name of the book in which it is found, the volume in which it appears, its page or section number and the year decided or enacted.
Citations allow any reader to find the source and read it.
The case was decided in 1973. The production or reference to the text of acts of legislatures, treatises and decided cases in order to support what is advanced. The American writers generally follow the natural mode of reference by putting down the name of the collection and then the number of the book, title, law and section. A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction commanding a person therein named to appear and do something therein mentioned, or to show cause why he should not, on a day named. By citation is also understood the act by which a person is summoned, or cited.