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International Agreements Registered or Filed or Recorded with the Secretariat of the UnitedNations or, from 1920 to 1946, in the League of Nations Treaty Series.Put titles of treaties in roman type, enclosed in quotation marks. Italicize the names of thepublications, even if they are multivolume works or series. An exact date indicates the date ofsigning and is therefore preferable to a year alone, which may differ from the year the treatywas published. Notice the form for a shortened note, which differs from the usual pattern (see16.4.1).N: 4. “Nuclear Weapons Test Ban,” August 5, 1963, United States Treaties and Other InternationalAgreements 14, pt. 2.15. “Denmark and Italy: Convention concerning Military Service,” July 15, 1954, Treaties and OtherInternational Acts Series 250, no. 3516 (1956): 45.39. “Nuclear Weapons Test Ban.”B: United States. “Naval Armament Limitation Treaty.” February 26, 1922. U.S. Statutes at Large 43, pt.2 (1922).17.9.7 Legal CasesCitations of legal cases generally take the same form for courts at all levels. In notes, give thefull case name (including the abbreviation v.) in roman type, not enclosed in parentheses.Include the volume number (arabic), name of the reporter (abbreviated; see below), ordinalseries number (if applicable), abbreviated name of the court and date (together inparentheses), and other relevant information, such as the publisher for a loose-leaf service orthe name of a state or local court (if not identified by the series title). A single page numberdesignates the opening page of a decision; an additional number designates an actual pagecited.Cite statutes in notes only; you do not need to include them in your bibliography.N: 18. United States v. Christmas, 222 F.3d 141, 145 (4th Cir. 2000).21. Profit Sharing Plan v. MBank Dallas, N.A., 683 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Tex. 1988).A shortened note may consist of the case name and, if needed, a page number.N: 35. United States v. Christmas, 146.42. Georgia v. Brailsford, 2.The one element that depends on the level of the court is the name of the reporter. The mostcommon ones are as follows.U.S. Supreme Court. For Supreme Court decisions, cite United States Supreme CourtReports (abbreviated U.S.) or, if not yet published there, Supreme Court Reporter(abbreviated S. Ct.).N: 21. AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Bd., 525 U.S. 366 (1999).39. Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States. 125 S. Ct. 2129 (2005).