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

Delaware
• Reagan v. Del. Ass'n of Prof'l Eng'rs, 577 A.2d 755 (Del. 1990).
• In re Polaroid Corp. S'holders Litig., 560 A.2d 491 (Del. 1989).
• Istituto Bancario Italiano SpA v. Hunter Eng'g Co., 449 A.2d 210 (Del. 1981).
• Bank of Am. Nat'l Trust & Sav. Assoc. v. GAC Props. Credit, Inc., 389 A.2d 1304 (Del.
Ch. 1978).
District of Columbia
• Croom v. United States, 546 A.2d 1006 (D.C. 1988).
• Lennon v. United States Theatre Corp., 287 U.S. App. D.C. 202, 920 F.2d 996 (1990).*
• Lennon v. United States Theatre Corp., 920 F.2d 996 (D.C. Cir. 1990).
* References to decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in briefs
submitted to D.C. courts should include citations to the United States Court of Appeals
Reports in addition to the Federal Reporter.
Florida
• Swofford v. Richards Enters., Inc., 515 So. 2d 231 (Fla. 1987).
• City of N. Miami v. Fla. Defenders of the Env't, 481 So. 2d 1196 (Fla. 1985).
• Gore v. Space Sci. Servs., 697 So. 2d 841 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).*
• Gore v. Space Sci. Servs., 697 So. 2d 841 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).
• S.O.S. Reprod. Sys. of Tampa, Inc. v. Saxon Bus. Prods., Inc., 320 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 3d
DCA 1975).*
• S.O.S. Reprod. Sys. of Tampa, Inc. v. Saxon Bus. Prods., Inc., 320 So. 2d 500 (Fla.
Dist. Ct. App. 1975).
* In-state references to decisions of the District Court of Appeal should indicate the district,
and in similar fashion references to the Circuit Court should indicate the circuit and
references to the County Court, the county. The format for doing so is set out in the Florida
rules. For those rules and more examples, see § 7-500.
Georgia
• Retention Alts., Ltd. v. Hayward, 285 Ga. 437, 678 S.E.2d 877 (2009).*
• Retention Alts., Ltd. v. Hayward, 678 S.E.2d 877 (Ga. 2009).
• Dalcor Mgmt., Inc. v. Sewer Rooter, Inc., 423 S.E.2d 419 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992).
• S & S Mach. Co. v. Intermar S.S. Corp., 189 Ga. App. 13, 374 S.E.2d 767 (1988).*
• S & S Mach. Co. v. Intermar S.S. Corp., 374 S.E.2d 767 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Georgia Reports or Georgia Appeals
Reports should, where possible, include citations to them.
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