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What are formatted in italics?
Rule 10.2
The party names are in this type of font.
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What is "U.S.C."?
Rule 12.2
Abbreviation of United States Code.
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What is no signal?
Rule 1.2(a)
Cited authority directly states the proposition.
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What is "June"?
Table 12
Abbreviation of June?
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What are the Whitepages?
Ordinarily used for citations in academic materials.
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What is a pinpoint citation?
Rule 10.3
The number that signifies the page you are quoting from.
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What is §§?
12.2
Way to cite multiple sections of a statute.
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What is "Compare ... with ..."?
Rule 1.2(b)
Cited authority can offer support for proposition through comparison.
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What is "Reg."?
Table 9
Abbreviation for Regular.
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What is Rule 2?
Section of the Bluebook to find the four typefaces for citations.
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What is the Pacific Reporter?
Table 1
The reporter for the citation below:
United States v. Dusk, 492 P.2d 367, 372 (Haw. Ct. App. 1987). |
What is the title?
Rule 12.2
First number in citation to statute.
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What is a semicolon?
Rule 1.4
Separates citations to multiple authorities.
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What is "Geo. Wash." with small caps?
Abbreviation for The George Washington University.
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What is U.S. *Const.* amend. IV § 2."?
Rule 11 * = small caps
Citation to Provision 2 of the Fourth Amendment in the United States Constitution.
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What is "Rsch."?
Table 6
Abbreviated version of "research."
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What is the year?
Rule 12.3.2
Not necessary for federal statutes and regulations but required for states.
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What is parenthetical information?
Rule 1.5(a)
In parenthesis after a citation to explain the relevance of a particular authority to the proposition of the text.
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What is "JJ."?
Table 11
Citation to work from late Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Antonin Scalia.
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What is "Exec. Order No. 12,898, 59 Fed. Reg. 7,629 (Feb. 16, 1994)."?
Table 1.2
Executive Order 12898 signed by former President Bill Clinton on February 16, 1994, published to the 59th volume of the Federal Register on page 7,629, titled "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations."
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What is "Temp. Emer. Ct. App."?
Abbreviated version of "Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals."
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What is the Federal Register?
Rule 14.2
The place where promulgated regulations are published.
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What is "See, e.g., [...]"?
Cited authority clearly supports the proposition and is not necessary.
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What is "Utah Admin. Code r. x-x-x (year)." with small caps?
Table 1
Citation to Administrative Code of Utah.
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What is "Greg Johnson, *i* Legal Writing and Analysis I," *sc* 99 Vt. L. Rev. 22, 31 (2021) (arguing students learn more from fellow students called "Dean's Fellows" than they do in discussions taught by professors)."?
Rule 16.1
Law review article published in 2021 with the Vermont Law Review for the 99th edition by Greg Johnson, titled, "Legal Writing and Analysis I," starting on page 22, but quoting from page 31 arguing students learn more from fellow students called "Dean's Fellows" than they do in discussions taught by professors.
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