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

Alabama
• Se. Meats of Pelham, Inc. v. City of Birmingham, 895 So. 2d 909 (Ala. 2004).
• Talton Telecomm. Corp. v. Coleman, 665 So. 2d 914 (Ala. 1995).
• Piersol v. ITT Phillips Drill Div., Inc., 445 So. 2d 559 (Ala. 1989).
• Mims v. Am. Fed'n of Gov't Emps., 531 So. 2d 661 (Ala. 1988).
• Gov't & Civic Emps. Org. Comm. v. Windsor, 262 Ala. 285, 78 So. 2d 646 (1955).*
• Gov't & Civic Emps. Org. Comm. v. Windsor, 78 So. 2d 646 (Ala. 1955).
• State Dep't of Pub. Health v. Boackle-Phipps Foods, 594 So. 2d 1234 (Ala. Civ. App.
1991).
• Tracy v. Tracy, 939 So. 2d 48 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006).
• Sanders v. State, 947 So. 2d 432 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006).
* Publication of Alabama Reports and Alabama Appellate Court Reports (Ala. App.) ceased
in 1976. In-state references to decisions appearing in those reports should, where possible,
include parallel citations to them. Note that Alabama has two intermediate appellate courts,
one with civil and one with criminal jurisdiction.
Alaska
• Alaska Far E. Corp. v. Newby, 630 P.2d 533 (Alaska 1981).
• Parks v. State, 731 P.2d 597 (Alaska Ct. App. 1987).
• Parks v. State, 731 P.2d 597 (Alaska App. 1987).*
* In-state references to Alaska Court of Appeals decisions generally use this slightly more
economical format. For more examples, see § 7-500.
Arizona
• Tom Reed Gold Mines Co. v. United E. Mining Co., 39 Ariz. 533, 8 P.2d 449 (1932).*
• Tom Reed Gold Mines Co. v. United E. Mining Co., 8 P.2d 449 (Ariz. 1932).
• Spurlock v. Santa Fe Pac. R.R. Co., 143 Ariz. 469, 694 P.2d 299 (Ct. App. 1984).*
• Spurlock v. Santa Fe Pac. R.R. Co., 143 Ariz. 469, 694 P.2d 299 (App. 1984).**
• Spurlock v. Santa Fe Pac. R.R. Co., 694 P.2d 299 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984).
• Johnson Int'l, Inc. v. City of Phoenix, 192 Ariz. 466, 470-71 26, 967 P.2d 607, 611-12
(App. 1998).**
• Johnson Int'l, Inc. v. City of Phoenix, 967 P.2d 607, 611-12 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1998).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Arizona Reports should, where possible,
include parallel citations to those reports.
** In-state references also generally use this slightly more economical abbreviation of the
Court of Appeals. In addition, decisions rendered since January 1, 1998, include paragraph
numbers which are generally used, together with rather than instead of page numbers, in
in-state pinpoint citations. For more examples, see § 7-500.
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