In a brief to a Texas state court, cite State of Oklahoma on behalf of Oklahoma Bar Association versus Merl Alan Whitebrook, an Oklahoma Supreme Court case.
The case name (Party 1 v. Party 2) is either __ or __.
A citation sentence is a citation that __ a proposition and stands on its __. A textual sentence is the __ itself and may include a citation __ it. In A v. B., 123 Reporter 456 (Mass. 2000), the court held that..
The citation rules of omission apply to case names in both __ and __ sentences. However, the citation rules of abbreviation apply primarily to case names in __ sentences.
The only significant differences between case names in textual sentences and case names in citations are the __ and the extent to which the case name is __.
Not: Cheng et al. v. Seinfeld d/b/a/ The Man, Inc.
In bankruptcy and similar cases, the case name might contain both an __(one's opponent in dispute, 언쟁에서 상대방) and a __ name. If both appear at the beginning of the opinion, cite the __ name first, followed by the __ name in __. Include a procedural phrase such as __ before the __ name, followed by _.
"In re" or "ex rel."
Abbreviate "on the relation of," "for the use of," "on behalf of," and similar expressions to "__"
Abbreviate "in the matter of," "petition of," "application of," and similar expressions to "__"
Omit all procedural phrases except the __. When adversary parties are named, omit all procedural phrases except "__"
Include any __ or __ phrases such as "Accounting of," "Estate of," and "Will of"
In textual sentences, whether in main text or in footnote text, abbreviate only widely known acronyms and eight words, if one of these eight begins a __, however, do not abbreviate it.
Omit "The" as the first word of a party's name, except as part of the name of the object of an __ action or in cases in which "__" or "__" is a party.
Do not omit "The" in an __ name, except when referring to the case textually.
Ex. See The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883).
Include designations of __ or __ areas except in union names. Omit "of America" after "United States"
If a party's name is of Spanish or Portuguese derivation, cite the __ following.
Given names that follow a surname should be __. Thus, __ the full name where the name is entirely in a language in which the __ is given first, such as Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese.
Not: Wisconsin Packing Co., Inc. v. Indiana Refrigerator Lines, Inc.
Wisconsin Packing Co. v. Indiana Refrigerator Lines, Inc.
Cite simply as "Commissioner" or, in citations, "__"
For cases not known by the name that appears in the reporter, but known instead by a common name, the common name must either be substituted for the __ in its entirety, or indicated __ in the same type as the case name in the reporter.
For cases known by the name in the reporter, but also commonly known by a short name different from that appearing in the reporter, the common name may __ for the reporter name in its entirety in a full citation, but it may be indicated __ in italics.
For mandamus(A judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court) actions against courts where the case is known by the name of the judge against whom the writ is sought, the __ may be indicated __ in italics.
For cases with multiple dispositions, a helpful __ of the number of the decision may be indicated __ in italics.