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egulations. If the regulation is to be codified in C.F.R., the location where it will appear or
the portion it amends should, in most cases, be furnished parenthetically.
Special Case 2: State regulations not yet codified or citations to regulations as originally
promulgated are cited to an equivalent publication or Web site.
Special Case 3: Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which are not codified in C.F.R., are cited to
the manual in which they are published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
§ 2-450. Agency Adjudication Citations [BB|ALWD]
§ 2-450 Examples
– National Treasury Empls. Union, Chapter 65, 57 F.L.R.A. No. 3 (Mar. 12, 2001).
– Altercare of Hartville, 321 N.L.R.B. 847 (1996).
– H H 3 Trucking Inc., 345 N.L.R.B. No. 59 (Sept. 15, 2005),
http://mynlrb.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d458007a338.
Agency adjudications are cited the same as judicial opinions (cases) (see § 2-200) with the
following differences of detail:
Principle 1: Names are not italicized or underlined.
Principle 2: The cited name is that of the first private party only (abbreviated as with
judicial opinions), or the official subject-matter title, omitting all procedural phrases. (If
the procedural posture of the case is important information it can be summarized in a
parenthetical phrase following the date.)
Principle 3: The agency's official reporter is cited whenever possible. If no official reporter
citation is available, the decision is cited with agency's assigned identification number and
full date, plus a parallel citation to an electronic source, an unofficial reporter or service if
possible.
Principle 4: If the name of the agency is not adequately revealed by the name of the
reporter, it should be included (abbreviated) in the parentheses ahead of the date.
¡But see § 2-455!
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