Exercise Answers 4.2: Real World Citations

 

1. Heatherridge Management Company v. Benson, 558 P.2d 435 (Colo. 1976)

Note: The year is when the case was decided. Any other date provided is irrelevant to the citation.

2. Jones v. RCA Music Service, 530 F. Supp. 767 (E.D.Pa. 1982)

Note: Some states are broken into multiple Federal Districts. E.D. Pa. stands for Eastern District of Pennsylvania. (E.D. Penn. would have also been acceptable.)

3. Alcorn v. Smith, 781 F.2d 58 (6th Cir. 1986)

4. United States v. Davis, 929 F.2d 930 (3rd Cir. 1991)

5. Jasinski v. Adams, 781 F.2d 843 (11th Cir. 1986)

6. Gentile v. Bower, 222 Ga. App. 736, 477 S.E.2d 130 (1996)

Note: The official cite was obtained by looking at the top of the caption!

7. Security State Bank v. Gugelman, 230 Neb. 842, 434 N.W.2d 290 (1989)

8. Winn-Dixie Montgomery v. Stipmson, 574 So. 2d 782 (Ala. 1991)

Note: While not technically "Bluebook Form," if you included the "Inc." after Winn-Dixie Montgomery most attorneys would accept that.