WRITING MANUAL - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

C. Federal district court cases
In citations of reported federal district court 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.Supp. or F.Supp.2d);
• The court of decision (district and state, but not division), followed by
the year of decision, within parentheses.
Opinions of the district courts are found primarily in the Federal Supplement
(F.Supp. and F.Supp.2d), the Federal Rules Decisions (F.R.D.), and the Federal
Appendix (Fed.Appx.), but cases before about 1932 can be found in the Federal
Reporter (F.). Opinions of bankruptcy courts may be found in Bankruptcy Reports
(B.R.). The year of decision is preceded by the abbreviation “Bankr.,” the district,
and the state (Bankr.S.D.Ohio 1997).
HOW TO CITE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT CASES—
REPORTED CASES
Forbes v. Wilson, 243 F. 264 (N.D.Ohio 1917).
NOTE: A space follows “Ohio” because it is not an abbreviation.
Crews v. Blake, 52 F.R.D. 106, 107 (S.D.Ga.1971).
NOTE: No space follows “Ga.” because it is an abbreviation.
Heath v. Westerville Bd. of Edn., 350 F.Supp. 360 (S.D.Ohio 1972).
United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 429 F.Supp. 830, 841
(E.D.Pa.1977), aff’d sub nom. United States v. Gulf Oil Corp., 573 F.2d
1303 (3d Cir.1978).
Stephenson v. Duriron Co., 292 F.Supp. 66 (S.D.Ohio 1968), aff’d, 428
F.2d 387 (6th Cir.1970).
Baylor v. Mading-Dugan Drug Co., 57 F.R.D. 509, 511 (N.D.Ill.1972).
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