THE ALMY LIBRARY
GUIDE TO CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE CITATIONS
models for citing Court Decisions and Cases
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Footnote
1 Firstname Lastname or Court Case, “Title of Document” (source type identifier, Place of Publication, year of publication),
page number(s).
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Bibliography
Court cases are only cited in footnotes, not in the bibliography. If your teacher wants a legal source listed in the bibliography, use the the first example above.
Note
If you retrieved this court case from a website or database, please include the title of the website or database, the access date, and the URL.
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examples for citing Court Decisions and Cases
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Footnote
1 United States v. Christmas, "222 F.3d 141, 145" (4th Cir. 2000).
2 United States v. Christmas.
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Bibliography
Court cases are only cited in footnotes, not in the bibliography. If your teacher wants a legal source listed in the bibliography, use the the first example above.
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