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

Mississippi
• Miss. Code Ann. § 75-4-101 ({currency information}).*
• Miss. Code Ann. § 75-4-101 (West {currency information}).*
* Both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual call for identification of the publisher or
brand of any commercial compilation used, not prepared under direct supervision of the
state - West in the second example. In jurisdictions where there are multiple print editions,
the ALWD Citation Manual identifies all publishers even the one whose version is "official"
being produced under contract with the state (LexisNexis in this case). Both also call for
adding the designation "Ann." when the compilation's name includes the word "annotated."
The AALL Universal Citation Guide would not include the publisher in any case nor would it
indicate whether the version used was annotated. The AALL Universal Citation Guide
would not include the publisher in any case nor would it indicate whether the version used
was annotated.
Missouri
• Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.1-101 ({currency information}).
• Mo. Ann. Stat. § 400.1-101 (West {currency information}).*
• § 400.1-101, RSMo {currency information}.**
* Both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual call for identification of the publisher or
brand of any commercial compilation used, not prepared under direct supervision of the
state - West in the second example. Both also call for adding the designation "Ann." when
the compilation's name includes the word "annotated." The AALL Universal Citation Guide
would not include the publisher in any case nor would it indicate whether the version used
was annotated.
** Within Missouri this more economical statutory citation format is used in decisions of the
state's own courts and submissions to them, under circumstances where there is little
ambiguity about which jurisdiction's statutes are referred to.
Montana
• Mont. Code Ann. § 30-2A-101 ({currency information}).*
• § 30-2A-101, MCA.**
* Both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual call for adding the designation "Ann."
when the compilation's name includes the word "annotated." The AALL Universal Citation
Guide would not indicate whether the version used was annotated.
** Within Montana, this more economical statutory citation format, without currency
information, is used in decisions of the state's own courts and submissions to them, under
circumstances where there is little ambiguity about which jurisdiction's statutes and which
version are referred to.
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