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Legal Reference: Citation Formats

Tools and tips for finding legal references.

Citation Formats

The Bluebook by Harvard Law Review / Columbia Law Review
Call Number: KF245 .B58 2020
ISBN: 0578666154
Publication Date: 2020
This is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. Law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing.

In LexisNexis Academic use citation formats found in:

Regional Examples

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

Federal Examples

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 Examples

246 App Div 2d 682
19 Cal 4th 142
19 Cal 4th 142
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

Topical/Special Reporters Examples

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