Although less clearly expressed, the twentieth edition has added comparable directions on when to omit internal quotation marks to The Bluebook proper. At the same time, it has removed the “(internal quotation marks omitted)” parenthetical from Rule 5.2’s roster. There is no ban on its use...
Since 2017 an increasing number of lawyers and judges have used the parenthetical “(cleaned up)” to indicate that internal quotation marks, alterations, and citations have been omitted from a quotation. Recent editions ofIntroduction to Basic Legal Citationhave recognized the practice. On February...
APA Style Parenthetical citations (in-quotation note) Homles, Janet. (1992). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Longman. Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation The formatting of citations recommended in this guide is based on Modern Language Association recommendations. A Writers ...
However, Lexis departs from The Bluebook by throwing in the totally unnecessary “382 Ill. Dec. 198, 206” when the “Standard” format is chosen. Westlaw’s “Illinois” style citation for the case adds the parenthetical “(Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. June 11, 2014)” which none of the...
The parenthetical notes provide a clear path to the cited portion of Brindley for any reader who is inspecting that decision on a system in which having the Westlaw star page number is useless. Tags:cases, neutral citations, unpublished Posted in Cases, Federal, Neutral citations, Unpublished ...
A portion, but only a portion, of the parenthetical quote (“whether there is a real and immediate threat of repeated injury”) was drawn from a still earlier decision of the Court, O’Shea v. Littleton, 414 U. S. 488 (1974). Per The Bluebook, that quote within a quote should have...