page_title: Table of authorities
section_title: Points and Authorities
hierarchical_section_title: Table of authorities / Special Formats / Points and Authorities
caption_attribution_description: English: Four states require a different formatting of the Table of Authorities: IL, OK, KY, and KS. The citations are listed under each section of the Table of Contents in which they appear.
context_page_description: A table of authorities is part of a legal brief that contains an index of the cases, statutes, and secondary sources cited. The table of authorities, often called a TOA, is frequently a legal requirement for litigation briefs; the various state courts have different rules as to what kinds of briefs require a TOA. The TOA list has the name of the authority followed by the page number or numbers on which each authority appears, and the authorities are commonly listed in alphabetical order within each grouping. The intention is to allow law clerks and judges to easily and rapidly identify and access the legal authorities cited in a litigation brief.
  A table of authorities is also sometimes called a table of cases or a table of citations.
context_section_description: In four states: Illinois, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Kansas, the state courts have different formatting requirements than the other states. These states require a table of "Points and Authorities", which is a mixing together of the table of contents and table of authorities. In this format, the authorities are listed under each issue presented for review. A table of points and authorities serves as a table of contents for the argument section of a brief, followed by a list of the cases and statutes upon which the brief relies. 
  Some states require the authorities that appear in each section of the document to be listed in the order in which they appear.  Another variation, for example, required by the Supreme Court of Illinois, is that the "Cases shall be cited as near as may be in the order of their of their importance."  
  The First and Eleventh District Courts of Appeals in Ohio require that under each issue presented for review, the brief shall list alphabetically, in a further indented subparagraph, the cases cited in support of the issue, followed by a list of the statutes, rules, and other authorities cited in support of the issue.
  Here's an example of a table of points and authorities, in which the authorities are listed in the order in which they appear in the document, under each section of the table of contents:
caption: Sample table of Points and Authorities.  This example shows the citations in order of their appearance under each section of the Table of Contents.
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