Introduction to Basic Legal Citation - access-to-law home

§ 2-455. Agency Adjudication Citations – Points of Difference in Citation
Practice
§ 2-455 Examples
– Natl. Treas. Empls. Union, Chapter 65 v. IRS, 57 F.L.R.A. No. 3 (Mar. 12, 2001).
[Per the ALWD Citation Manual.]
– Altercare of Hartville, 321 N.L.R.B. 847 (1996). [Per the ALWD Citation Manual.]
– H H 3 Trucking Inc., 345 N.L.R.B. No. 59 (Sept. 15, 2005),
http://mynlrb.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d458007a338. [Per the ALWD
Citation Manual.]
Point 1: The ALWD Citation Manual calls for a format more tightly analogous to that
employed for judicial opinions, including the italicizing of party names.
§ 2-470. Agency Report Citations [BB|ALWD]
§ 2-470 Examples
– 1981 S.E.C. Ann. Rep. 21.
– U.S. Gen. Accounting Office, GAO-02-802, SSA: Enhanced Procedures and
Guidance Could Improve Service and Reduce Overpayments to Concurrent
Beneficiaries 11 (2002).
Principle 1: Citations to agency reports, published periodically in volumes, take the same
form as journal articles (see § 2-800).
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Principle 2: Citations to agency reports that are titled and disseminated separately take the
same form as books by institutional authors (see § 2-720(1)). Where the agency numbers its
reports, as does the U.S. Government Accountability Office (formerly the General
Accounting Office) that designation should be included as part of the title.
§ 2-480. Citations to Executive Orders and Proclamations – Most Common
Form [BB|ALWD]
§ 2-480(1) Examples
– Exec. Order No. 12,893, 59 Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 31, 1994).
– Proclamation No. 7202, 3 C.F.R. 48 (2000).
Principle 1: The core of a citation to a federal executive order or presidential proclamation
consists of four elements:
Element (a) - The designation "Exec. Order" or "Proclamation" followed by a space and
"No." (for number)
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