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date of signing and may be included in addition to the year the treaty was published.R: U.S. Department of State. 1963. Nuclear Weapons Test Ban, August 5, 1963. United States Treatiesand Other International Agreements 14, pt. 2.United States. 1922. Naval Armament Limitation Treaty. February 26, 1922. United States Statutes atLarge 43, pt. 2.P: (U.S. Department of State 1963)(United States 1922)19.9.7 Legal CasesCitations of legal cases generally take the same form for courts at all levels. In your referencelist, italicize the full case name (including the abbreviation v.). Include the volume number(arabic), name of the reporter (abbreviated; see below), ordinal series number (if applicable),opening page number of the decision, abbreviated name of the court and date, and otherrelevant information, such as the publisher for a loose-leaf service or the name of a state orlocal court (if not identified by the reporter title).R: United States v. Christmas. 222 F.3d 141 (4th Cir. 2000).Profit Sharing Plan v. Mbank Dallas, N.A. 683 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Tex. 1988).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.).R: AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Bd. 525 U.S. 366 (1999).Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States. 125 S. Ct. 2129 (2005).Lower federal courts. For lower federal-court decisions, cite Federal Reporter (F.) orFederal Supplement (F. Supp.).R: United States v. Dennis. 183 F. 201 (2d Cir. 1950).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, withinparentheses.R: Williams v. Davis. 27 Cal. 2d 746 (1946).Bivens v. Mobley. 724 So. 2d 458. (Miss. Ct. App. 1998).To cite a legal case in your text, give the name of the case and the date (if citing specific