Incorrect: Jonathan H. Smith v. Allison T. Jones Correct: Xu Lanting v. Wong Incorrect: Xu Lanting v. James Wong R11.2.2. Only include the last name of the first listed party of the plaintiffs and the first listed party of the defendants. R11.2.3. Italicize everything in the case name, but don’t italicize the comma at the end of the case name. Exception for ALDs: do not italicize case names in ALD full citations, but do italicize case names in ALD short form citations and procedural phrases such as “In re.” R11.2.4. Delete “et al.”, nicknames, and aliases. Correct: Jackson v. Leviston Incorrect: Curtis James Jackson III, p/k/a 50 Cent v. Lastonia Leviston R11.2.5. Replace procedural phrases, and omit all besides the first procedural phrase. When you see “on the relation of,” “on behalf of,” and similar expressions, replace with “ex rel.” Correct: Affleck ex rel. Damon v. Kimmel Incorrect: Ben Affleck, on behalf of Matt Damon v. Jimmy Kimmel, et al. When you see “in the matter of,” “petition of,” and similar expressions, replace with “In re”, except do not use
Louisiana Reports 1901–1972 La. Louisiana Annual Reports 1846–1900 La. Ann. Robinson 1841–1846 Rob. Louisiana Reports 1830–1841 La. Martin (Louisiana Term Reports) 1809–1830 Mart. (o.s.), Mart. (n.s.) Court of Appeal (La. Ct. App.): Cite to So., So. 2d, or So. 3d. Southern Reporter 1928–date So., So. 2d, So. 3d Louisiana Court of Appeals Reports 1924–1932 La. App. Peltier’s Decisions, Parish at Orleans 1917–1924 Pelt. Teissier, Orleans Court of Appeals 1903–1917 Teiss. Reports 1885 Gunby McGloin 1881–1884 McGl. Statutory compilations: Cite to one of the following codes. West’s Louisiana Statutes Annotated La. Stat. Ann. § x:x (<year>) West’s Louisiana Children’s Code Annotated La. Code Ann. art. x (<year>) West’s Louisiana Civil Code Annotated La. Civ. Code Ann. art. x (<year>) West’s Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Annotated La. Code Civ. Proc. Ann. art. x (<year>) West’s Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Annotated La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. x (<year>) West’s Louisiana Code of Evidence Annotated La. Code Evid. Ann. art. x (<year>) West's Louisiana Constitution Annotated La. Ann. art. x (<year>) Session laws: Cite to La. Acts. of Louisiana: Acts of the Legislature <year> La. Acts <page no.> West’s Louisiana Session Law Service <year> La. Sess. Law Serv. <page no.> (West) Administrative compilation Louisiana Administrative Code La. Admin. Code tit. x, § x (<year>)
Southern Reporter 1886–date So., So. 2d, So. 3d Mississippi Reports 23 Miss. to 254 Miss. 1851–1966 Miss. Smedes and Marshall 1843–1850 e.g., 9 Miss. (1 S. & M.) Howard 1834–1843 e.g., 2 Miss. (1 Howard) Walker 1818–1832 1 Miss. (1 Walker) Mississippi Decisions 1820–1885 Miss. Dec. of Appeals (Miss. Ct. App.): Cite to So. 2d or So. 3d. Southern Reporter 1995–date So. 2d, So. 3d Statutory compilations: Cite to Miss. Code Ann. (published by LexisNexis). Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated (LexisNexis) Miss. Code Ann. § x-x-x (<year>) West’s Annotated Mississippi Code Miss. Code Ann. § x-x-x (West <year>) Session laws: Cite to Miss. Laws. General Laws of Mississippi <year> Miss. Laws <page no.> Mississippi General Laws Advance Sheets (LexisNexis) <year>-<pamph. no.> Miss. Laws Adv. Sh. <page no.> (LexisNexis) West's Mississippi Legislative Service <year> Miss. Legis. Serv. <page no.> (West) Administrative compilation Code of Mississippi Rules (LexisNexis) <tit. no.>-<ch. no.> Miss. Code R. § x (LexisNexis <year>) Administrative register Mississippi Government Register (LexisNexis) <iss. no.> Miss. Gov’t Reg. <page no.> (LexisNexis year>) Missouri Supreme Court (Mo.): Cite to S.W., S.W.2d, or S.W.3d. Western Reporter 1886–date S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d Missouri Reports 1821–1956 Mo. Court of Appeals (Mo. Ct. App.): Cite to S.W., S.W.2d, or S.W.3d. South Western Reporter 1902–date S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d
Supreme Court (Navajo), previously Court of Appeals (Navajo): Cite to Navajo Rptr. Navajo Reporter 1969–date Navajo Rptr. District Court (Navajo D. Ct.): Cite to Navajo Rptr. Navajo Reporter 1969–date Navajo Rptr. Statutory compilation Navajo Nation Code Annotated (West) Navajo Nation Code Ann. tit. x, § x (<year>) Northern Mariana Islands Public domain citation format: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has adopted a public domain citation format. See (March 13, 2001). The format is: ABC Company vs. XYZ Company, 2001 MP 1 ¶10 Supreme Court (N. Mar. I.): Cite to N. Mar. I. Northern Mariana Islands Reporter 1989–date N. Mar. I. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and Appellate Divisions (D. N. Mar. I. and D. N. Mar. I. App. Div.), and Commonwealth Superior Court (N. Mar. I. Commw. Super. Ct.), previously Commonwealth Court (N. Mar. I. Commw. Ct.): Cite to F. Supp., F. Supp. 2d, or F. Supp. 3d. Federal Supplement 1979–date F. Supp., F. Supp. 2d, F. Supp. 3d Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Reporter 1979–date N. Mar. I. Commw. Statutory compilation Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Code (LexisNexis) <tit. no.> N. Mar. I. Code § x (<year>) Session laws Northern Mariana Islands Session Laws <year> N. Mar. I. Pub. L. <law no.> Administrative compilation Northern Mariana Islands Administrative Code <tit. no.> N. Mar. I. Admin. Code § x (<year>) Administrative register Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Register <vol. no.> N. Mar. I. Reg. <page no.> day, year>) Oklahoma Native Americans Tribal Courts, Courts of Indian Offenses (Appellate Division), Courts of Indian Appeals, and Courts of Indian Offenses: Cite to Okla. Trib.
Tribal <Name> Tribal Ct. Tribunal Trib. Water Court Water Ct. Western District W.D. Workmen’s Compensation Division Workmen’s Comp. Div. Youth Court Ct. T4. Required Abbreviations for Legislative Documents Words not on this list that are more than six letters should not abbreviated if the abbreviation would be ambiguous. All articles and prepositions should be removed from the abbreviated title if the document can be unambiguously identified without the articles and prepositions. Legislative Document Abbreviation Annals Annals Annual Ann. Assembly[man, woman, member] Assemb. Bill B. Committee Comm. Concurrent Con. Conference Conf. Congress[ional] Cong. Debate Deb. Delegate Del. Document[s] Doc. Executive Exec. Federal Fed. House H. House of Delegates H.D. House of Representatives H.R.
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