Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

2.1 State and Territory Abbreviations
Alabama (Ala.)
Alaska (Alaska)
American Samoa
(Am. Sam.)
Arizona (Ariz.)
Arkansas (Ark.)
California (Cal.)
Colorado (Colo.)
Connecticut (Conn.)
Delaware (Del.)
Washington, D.C.
(D.C.)
Florida (Fla.)
Georgia (Ga.)
Guam (Guam)
2.2 Treaties and Conventions
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Hawaii (Haw.)
Idaho (Idaho)
Illinois (Ill.)
Indiana (Ind.)
Iowa (Iowa)
Kansas (Kan.)
Kentucky (Ky.)
Louisiana (La.)
Maine (Me.)
Maryland (Md.)
Massachusetts
(Mass.)
Michigan (Mich.)
Minnesota (Minn.)
Mississippi (Miss.)
Missouri: (Mo.)
Montana (Mont.)
Nebraska (Neb.)
Nevada (Nev.)
New Hampshire
(N.H.)
New Jersey (N.J.)
New Mexico (N.M.)
New York (N.Y.)
North Carolina (N.C.)
North Dakota (N.D.)
Ohio (Ohio)
Oklahoma (Okla.)
Oregon (Or.)
Pennsylvania (Pa.)
Puerto Rico (P.R.)
Rhode Island (R.I.)
South Carolina (S.C.)
South Dakota (S.D.)
Tennessee (Tenn.)
Texas (Tex.)
Utah (Utah)
Vermont (Vt.)
Virgin Islands (V.I.)
Virginia (Va.)
Washington (Wash.)
West Virginia
(W.Va.)
Wisconsin (Wis.)
Wyoming (Wyo.)
Cite a treaty as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page 266) by filling in
the source information with a United States Treaty source:
[Treaty name], 10 U.S.T. 100, [date of entry, etc.].
Official United States Treaty Sources, and citation standards, are:
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements: volume, “U.S.T.”, first page, page referenced
Statutes at Large (index at 64 Stat. B1107): volume, “Stat.”, first page, page referenced.
Treaties and Other International Acts Series: “T.I.A.S.” and treaty number (“No. _”)
Treaty Series: “T.S.” and treaty number (“No. _”)
Executive Agreement Series: “E.A.S.” and agreement number (“No. _”)
Senate Treaty Documents: S. Treaty Doc.” and document number (“No. _”)
Senate Executive Documents: “S. Exec. Doc.” and document number (“No. _”)
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by the name of the parties [Plaintiff/Appellant “v.” Defendant/Respondent], reporter
in which the case is published by volume, abbreviated title, first page of the case, and page
referenced, and abbreviated name of the court (if not clear from the title of the reporter), and year
(in parentheses):
Smith v. Jones, 889 F. Supp. 45, 50 (D.N.H. 1998).
Smith v. Jones, 874 F.2d 998, 1000 (1st Cir. 1973).
Smith v. Jones, 74 S.Ct. 199, 203 (1955).