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

Missouri
• Lewis v. St. Louis Indep. Packing Co., 3 S.W.2d 244 (Mo. 1928).
• Ex rel. Dir. of Revenue, Mo. v. McKenzie, 936 S.W.2d 590 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996).
• Imperial Util. Corp. v. Cytron, 673 S.W.2d 858 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
Montana
• Prescott v. Innovative Res. Grp., 2010 MT 35, 19, 355 Mont. 220, 225 P.3d 1253.*
• Prescott v. Innovative Res. Grp., 225 P.3d 1253, 1256 (Mont. 2010).
• Johnson v. Mont. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 240 Mont. 288, 783 P.2d 1355 (1989).*
• Johnson v. Mont. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 783 P.2d 1355 (Mont. 1989).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Montana Reports should, where possible,
include citations to those reports, in parallel with citations to the regional reporter. In
addition, in-state references to decisions from 1998 forward should include a mediumneutral
citation which, under Montana rules, consists of the year, the state postal
abbreviation, and a sequential decision number in the format shown here. Pinpoint cites
should be to the paragraph numbers assigned by the court.
Nebraska
• NI Indus., Inc v. Husker-Hawkeye Distrib., Inc., 233 Neb. 808, 448 N.W.2d 157 (1989).*
• NI Indus., Inc v. Husker-Hawkeye Distrib., Inc., 448 N.W.2d 157 (Neb. 1989).
• Johnson v. Johnson, 15 Neb. App. 292, 726 N.W.2d 194 (2006).*
• Johnson v. Johnson, 726 N.W.2d 194 (Neb. Ct. App. 2006).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Nebraska Reports or Nebraska Court of
Appeals Reports should, where possible, include citations to those reports.
Nevada
• Brisbin v. State Indus. Ins. Sys., 105 Nev. 1024, 810 P.2d 318 (1989).*
• Brisbin v. State Indus. Ins. Sys., 810 P.2d 318 (Nev. 1989).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Nevada Reports should, where possible,
include citations to those reports.
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