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(5) The legal argument for the appellant, which shall be divided, under appropriate point<br />

headings, distinctively printed or typed, in<strong>to</strong> as many parts as there are points <strong>to</strong> be argued.<br />

New Jersey decisions shall be cited <strong>to</strong> the official New Jersey reports by volume number but<br />

if not officially reported that fact shall be stated and unofficial citation made. All other state<br />

court decisions shall be cited <strong>to</strong> the National Reporter System, if reported therein and, if not,<br />

<strong>to</strong> the official report. In the citation of all cases the court and year shall be indicated in<br />

parentheses except that the year alone shall be given in citing the official reports of the United<br />

States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and the highest court of any other<br />

jurisdiction.<br />

Note: The format of citations in the opinions of the New Jersey courts is the subject of a<br />

detailed Manual of Style for <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Citation</strong> in New Jersey,<br />

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/appdiv/manualonstyle.pdf.<br />

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