Style Manual For The Supreme And Appellate Courts 5th Ed. 2017
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- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- I. STRUCTURING AN OPINION
- Effect of Post-Filing Revisions
- II. GRAMMATICAL STYLE
- A. Quoting Text
- B. Omissions
- C. Block Quotations
- D. Typography and General Grammar
- E. Capitalization
- F. Illinois Counties
- G. Numerals
- (1) Commas With Numerals
- (2) Clock Time
- (3) Fractions
- (4) Mathematical Expressions
- (5) Money
- (6) Percentages
- (7) Proportions
- (8) Game Scores
- (9) Numbers Spelled Out
- (10) Indefinite Expressions
- (11) Related Numbers in Close Proximity
- (12) Dates
- (13) Decimals
- (14) Numbers Larger Than 1 Million
- (15) Consecutive Numerals
- (16) Ages and Birthdays
- (17) Abbreviated Ordinals
- (18) Enumeration in Text
- III. CITATION STYLE
- Bluebook
- A. Case Citations
- (1) Signals
- (2) Illinois Official Reports
- (3) Public-Domain Formats
- (4) United States Supreme Court
- (5) Italicize Case Name
- (6) Prepositional Phrases of Location
- (7) Party Names
- (8) Date of Decision
- (9) Illinois Administrative Agency Decisions
- (10) Electronic Databases and the Internet
- (11) Slip Opinions
- (12) Reference to Authoring Judge
- (13) Case Histories
- (14) Abstracts of Opinions
- (15) Supervisory Orders
- (16) Rule 23 Orders
- (17) Circuit Court Orders
- (18) Short-Form Case Citations
- B. Illinois Legislative Enactments
- (1) ILCS Overview
- (2) Textual References
- (3) Quoting Illinois Statutes
- (4) Citation of Illinois Compiled Statutes
- (5) Citation of Illinois Revised Statutes
- (6) Citation of Annotated Statutes
- (7) Public Acts
- (8) Legislative Debates and Bills
- (9) Governor’s Messages
- (10) Illinois Administrative Rules
- (11) Court Rules
- (12) Local Ordinances
- (13) Constitutions
- (14) United States Code
- (15) Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions
- (16) Paragraph and Section Symbols
- (17) Brackets
- (18) Initials and Spaces
- C. Citing Secondary Sources