WRITING MANUAL - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

In citations of trial court opinions, an abbreviation for the court of
decision must precede the year of decision within the parentheses,
unless the reporter itself identifies the court, such as Ohio Nisi
Prius Reports. Courts of decision are abbreviated as follows: C.P.
= court of common pleas; P.C. = probate court; J.C. = juvenile
court; M.C. = municipal court; Ct. of Cl. = Court of Claims of
Ohio.
NOTE: Ohio Bar Reports (OBR) and Ohio Opinions (O.O.,
O.O.2d, and O.O.3d) are no longer included in the citation. Those
sources are cited only when they are the only available source for
a case.
HOW TO CITE OHIO TRIAL COURT CASES DECIDED
BEFORE MAY 1, 2002 / PRINT PUBLISHED
State v. Bauer, 1 Ohio N.P. 103, 105, 1 Ohio Dec. 199, 1894 WL 637
(1894).
or
State v. Bauer, 1 Ohio N.P. 103, 105, 1 Ohio Dec. 199, 1894 Ohio Misc.
LEXIS 44 (1894).
State v. Saam, 50 Ohio Law Abs. 5, 75 N.E.2d 824 (C.P.1947).
NOTE: C.P. = court of common pleas.
Welter v. Welter, 27 Ohio Misc. 44, 46, 267 N.E.2d 442 (C.P.1971).
NOTE: The pinpoint is provided only for the official reporter.
b. Non-print published cases
For Ohio trial court cases decided before May 1, 2002, that are not
print published, place the elements of the citation in the following
order:
• The name of the case, in italics, followed by a comma;
• The court of decision;
• The case number, written as No. ___;
• An electronic-database citation, when available,
preceded by a comma;
• The date of decision, within parentheses (month, day,
and year).
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