WRITING MANUAL - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

B. Federal circuit court cases
In citations of reported federal circuit cases, place the elements of the citation in
the following order:
• The name of the case, in italics, followed by a comma;
• The citation (generally, F., F.2d, or F.3d);
• The circuit number, written as 1st Cir., 2d Cir., etc., followed by the
year of decision, with no intervening space, within parentheses (e.g.,
10th Cir.2003).
HOW TO CITE FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT CASES—
REPORTED CASES
Bass v. Hoagland, 172 F.2d 205 (5th Cir.1949).
Thorpe v. Thorpe, 364 F.2d 692 (D.C.Cir.1966).
Schoenhaus v. Genesco, Inc., 440 F.3d 1354 (Fed.Cir.2006).
In citations of federal circuit cases that are not reported, place the elements of the
citation in the following order:
• The name of the case, in italics, followed by a comma;
• The circuit number, written as 1st Cir., 2d Cir., etc.;
• The case number, written as No. ___;
• An electronic-database citation, if available, preceded by a comma;
• The date of decision (month, day, year).
HOW TO CITE FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT CASES—
UNREPORTED CASES
Moreno v. Curry, 5th Cir. No. 06-11277, 2007 WL 4467580 (Dec. 20,
2007).
or
Moreno v. Curry, 5th Cir. No. 06-11277, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29505
(Dec. 20, 2007).
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