The odds are very high that the source relied upon by the judges or their clerks was Westlaw. That being the case The Bluebook (rule 12.5) would call for a citation along these lines: 17 U.S.C.A. § 301(a) (Westlaw through Pub. L. No. 114-49). Instead the opinion will almost...
But, See, Accord: Generating Blue Book Citations in HYPO. An interesting and important aspect of legal reasoning is the use of citations to precedent cases as justifications for legal conclusions. In this paper, we describe the standard use of citations as described in the attorney's “Blu....
“THE BLUEBOOK ONLINE”, and “THE BLUEBOOK A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION” are now all registered “standard character marks.” The cover of that manual’s most recent edition has the “®” symbol immediately following the word “Bluebook”. So does its ...