The case in the above example was decided by the appellate division of new yorks. Introduction there is no one prevailing source for citation of legal authorities in documents filed in new york courts. The new york official reports citator provides the approved cite as case name, official book citation, slip opinion citation, decision date, court, judge and docket number for each decision. Where new york authorities are cited in any submissions, new york official law report citations shall be included, if available. Include the e book edition and the type of ereader used. The bluebook does not require the department in citations for the n. Bluebook rules will be denoted as and new jersey bbr. On behalf of myself, the court of appeals and the rest of the court system, i express the utmost. Federal courts bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. A professional system of citation provide that case citations in documents submitted to state courts must conform with the local rules of that. Opinions of the appellate term, an intermediate appellate court in the 1st and 2nd departments, are also published in miscellaneous reports. Rules requiring citation to official reports new york decisions shall be cited from the official reports, if any. The new jersey manual on style sets standards for the formatting and presentation of judicial opinions.
This list only includes abbreviations for states court of appeals. If you prefer to search by state supreme court or court of appeals exclusively, click on the links in the left hand navigation bar for. When citing to statutes, provide the specific statutory citations e. Citing case law sample bluebook citations libguides at.
If a court of appeals case is published in the federal reporter, the bluebook dictates that you cite to it table 1, p. The style manual used by the new york state law reporting bureau in preparing court decisions for publication in the new york official reports. Below is a list of state supreme court and court of appeals abbreviations. State court abbreviations bluebook quick reference. The style manual used by the new york state law reporting. Each third series record is hyperlinked to the full text of the decision on the law.
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