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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE BLUEBOOK
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(All references are to the Nineteenth Edition.)
BLUEPAGES
B3 Introductory Signals page 5
B4.1.1 Case Name page 7
B4.1.3 Parallel Citation in State Court Documents page 11
B4.2 Short Form Citation page 13
B5 Federal Statutes page 15
B8 Sources and Authorities: Books and Other Nonperiodic Materials page 23
B9 Journal and Newspaper Articles page 24
B7 Court and Litigation Documents page 19
B11 Explanatory Parentheticals page 26
B12 Block Quotations page 27
B1 Typeface Conventions page 3
BT2 Jurisdiction-Specific Citation Rules and Style Guides page 30
RULES
R1.2 Introductory Signals page 54
R1.4 Order of Authorities Within Each Signal page 56
R1.5 Parenthetical Information page 59
R1.6 Related Authority page 61
R2.1 Typeface Conventions for Citations - page 62
R2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material page 64
R3.5 Internal Cross-References page 71
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R4 Short Citation Forms page 72
R5 Quotations page 76
R6 Abbreviations, Numerals, and Symbols page 80
R7 Italicization for Style and in Certain Unique Circumstances page 83
R8 Capitalization page 84
R10 Cases page 87
R11 Constitutions page 110
R12 Statutes page 111
R13 Legislative Materials page 126
R14 Administrative and Executive Materials page 133
R15 Books, Reports, and Other Nonperiodic Materials page 138
R16 Periodical Materials page 147
R17 Unpublished and Forthcoming Sources page 159
R18 Electronic Media and Other Nonprint Resources page 164
R18.2 The Internet page 165
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