WRITING MANUAL - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

In citations of federal district court 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 court of decision (district and state, but not division);
• 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 DISTRICT COURT CASES—
UNREPORTED CASES
United States v. Hughes, N.D.Ohio No. CR 86-98, 1987 WL 33806 (Nov.
13, 1987).
or
United States v. Hughes, N.D.Ohio No. CR 86-98, 1987 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 11642 (Nov. 13, 1987).
1.5. Out-of-State Court Cases.
A. Print published
In citations of out-of-state court cases that are print published, place the elements
of the citation in the following order:
• The name of the case, in italics, followed by a comma;
• The official citation, if one is available;
• The unofficial citation, if one is available;
• The year of decision, within parentheses, as follows:
o If the case is officially reported, only the year will appear in the
parentheses;
o If the case has no official reporter:
• The name of the state (abbreviated or in full, as set forth
in “D. Abbreviations for out-of-state reporters”
below) appears before the year, if the case is from the
state’s highest court;
• The name of the state (abbreviated or in full, as set forth
in “D. Abbreviations for out-of-state reporters”
below) appears followed by the word “App.,” if the
case is from an appellate court.
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