Legal Citation Formats

If you are searching for a legal citation you must use the precise format shown, including exact punctuation.

Case Law

As a general rule, you can use citation formats found in the Uniform System of Case Citation (Blue Book). See specific examples below.

Federal

100 F.2d 1 134 F.3d 817 19 F Supp. 2d 104 789 F. Supp. 320 139 L. Ed. 2d 25 118 S Ct. 62 514 U.S. 673 65 U.S.L.W. 3204

State

246 App Div 2d 682 19 Cal 4th 142 23 Fla. Law W. D 733 344 Ill. App. 266 344 Mich. 624 230 N.J. Super. 182 23 N.Y.S.2d 2 84 Ohio St. 3d 1457 2000 PA Super 2 150 Tex. 39

Regional

723 A.2d 852 250 Cal. Rptr. 21 100 N.E.2d 497 75 N.W.2d 19 100 P. 34 300 P.2d 19 727 So. 2d 913 150 S.W.2d 202

Topical and Special Reporters

Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) P78,102 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) P34,763 20 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1830 28 Media L. Rep. 1219 5 Wage & Hour Cas. 2d (BNA) 1632

Canadian Quicklaw™ Citation Formats

When typing in a citation, it is not necessary to enter brackets, punctuation, capitalization or spaces. [1997] O.J. no 4806 1997OJ no.4806 1997oj4806

39 D.L.R. (4th) 595 39DLR(4th)595 39dlr4th595

Note: exceptions to this rule include the FC citation, and some older Ontario Reports citations. FC can stand for the Federal Court reports or the Federal Court neutral citation. Some older Ontario Reports citations do not have a volume/edition number, and therefore can be confused with other citations. Be sure to always enter spaces, capitals and/or periods when using these citations. With older OR citations, simply capitalizing the OR will suffice as below.

19952f.c.544 1933OR565

Law Reviews & Journals

As a general rule, you can use citation formats and abbreviations found in the Uniform System of Case Citation (Blue Book). See specific examples below. You can also use the Law Review search forms to look for specific articles by author, title, and date.

74 Fordham L. Rev. 1475 54 Emory L.J. 1139 22 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 901 14 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 375 113 Harv. L. Rev. 1963 29 Cardozo L. Rev. 927

Code of Federal Regulations

Format your Code of Federal Regulations citation like the examples below:

40 CFR 129.4 20 CFR PART 404 APPENDIX I 17 CFR 230.429

Federal Register

Format your Federal Register citation like the examples below:

64 FR 71680 63 FR 33835 58 FR 51735