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Lower federal courts. For lower federal-court decisions, cite Federal Reporter (F.) orFederal Supplement (F. Supp.).N: 3. United States v. Dennis, 183 F. 201 (2d Cir. 1950).15. Eaton v. IBM Corp., 925 F. Supp. 487 (S.D. Tex. 1996).State and local courts. For state and local court decisions, cite official state reporterswhenever possible. If you use a commercial reporter, cite it as in the second examplebelow. If the reporter does not identify the court's name, include it before the date, withinthe parentheses.N: 6. Williams v. Davis, 27 Cal. 2d 746 (1946).8. Bivens v. Mobley, 724 So. 2d 458, 465 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998).17.9.8 State and Local Government DocumentsCite state and local government documents as you would federal documents. Use roman type(no quotation marks) for state laws and municipal ordinances; use italics for codes(compilations). Include a name where necessary to indicate the version of the code beingcited, followed by the date of the code edition, in parentheses.N: 39. Illinois General Assembly, Law Revision Commission, Report to the 80th General Assembly of theState of Illinois (Chicago, 1977), 14–18.41. New Mexico Constitution, art. 4, sec. 7.44. Ohio Revised Code Annotated, sec. 3599.01 (West 2000).52. Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Illinois Compiled Statutes, ch. 720, sec.646/10 (2005).B: Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality (IIEQ). Review and Synopsis of Public Participationregarding Sulfur Dioxide and Particulate Emissions, by Sidney M. Marder. IIEQ Document no. 77/21.Chicago, 1977.17.9.9 Canadian Government DocumentsCite Canadian government documents similarly to U.S. public documents. Begin citationswith the word Canada unless it is obvious from the context. Generally abbreviate chapter andsection as c. and s., but if you cite only a few Canadian documents, use chap. and sec.Canadian government documents are issued by both houses of the federal Parliament (theSenate and the House of Commons), by the provincial and territorial legislatures, and byvarious executive departments.Parliamentary debates are published in separate series, House of Commons Debates andSenate Debates. Include the name of the person speaking, where relevant. Provincial andterritorial legislatures publish their own debates.www.itpub.net