Court Jurisdiction Particular Territory Under

Court Jurisdiction Particular Territory Under

Court Jurisdiction Particular Territory Under

When citing an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court, you should follow the general rules for federal court citation. The main difference is the name of the reporter always provides the court and jurisdiction, so you can omit specific mentions of them from the citation.

Parts of a Legal Citation to a U.S. Supreme Court Case

The parts of a citation to the official reporter include:

  1. The name of the case (underlined or italicized);
  2. The volume of the reporter in which the case appears;
  3. The reporter name, abbreviated according to the Bluebook (U.S.);
  4. The page where the case appears in the reporter; and
  5. The year when the court decided the case.

Take a look at the following citation. The rest of this article reviews the parts of this citation in detail.