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The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is a style guide that prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. The APA uses the Bluebook style for case law and statutes. Click below or scroll for common examples:
Quick Style Guide | The Bluebook Online (legalbluebook.com) - Bluebook citation examples
T2 Foreign Jurisdictions | The Bluebook Online (legalbluebook.com) - Examples on how to cite International Laws
Indigo book (https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/blue/IndigoBook.html) - An Open Source and Compatible Implementation of
A Uniform System of Citation
Perdue OWL - various citation styles - APA defers to Bluebook style for legal materials and uses those templates and patterns in bibliographies.
Red Lion Broad. Co. v. FCC, 395 U.S. 367 (1969).
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc., 296 F.3d 894, 908 (9th Cir. 2002)
U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 2.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 387 (2012).
Lanham (Trademark) Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1141n (2012).
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equality Act of 2001, S. 1083, 107th Cong. § 2(b) (2001).
ABLE Act of 2014, H.R. 647, 113th Cong. (as passed by House, Dec. 3, 2014).
FTC Credit Practices Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 444.1 (2019).