LibGuides: Bluebook Guide: Random Examples

Basic Citation Forms

The Bluebook, at 96 provides this table as an example of basic citation forms for various documents for academic legal writing.

Examples for the Bluepages are provided throughout B10, pp. 11-15.

Additionally, there are some examples on its Quick Style Guide.

Examples for Footnotes from the Whitepages

Filed but not decided	Hoshijima v. Jensen, No. 90-345 (D. Mass. filed Sept. 18, 1990).
Unpublished interim order	Sansone v. Sauder, No. 90-345 (D. Mass. Oct. 25, 1990) (order granting preliminary injunction).
Published interim order	Haber v. Scotten, 725 F. Supp. 1395 (D. Mass. 1990) (order granting preliminary injunction).
Unpublished decision	Kitchens v. Grohman, No. 90-347, slip op. at 6 (D. Mass. Dec. 4, 1990).
Decision published in service only	Tice v. Scotten, 1990 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 102,342 (D. Mass. Dec. 4, 1990).
Decision published in newspaper only	Mishra v. Grohman, N.Y. L.J., Dec. 5, 1990, at 1 (D. Mass. Dec. 4, 1990).
Decision available in electronic database	Yee v. Kitchens, No. 90-349, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20837, at 6–8, 10 (D. Mass. Dec. 4, 1990).
Decision available in electronic database after revision	Phibrick v. Haber, No. 90-349, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20837, at *4 (D. Mass. Dec. 4, 1990, revised Jan. 3, 1991).
Published decision	Ward v. Reddy, 727 F. Supp. 1407, 1412 (D. Mass. 1990).
Appeal docketed	Yee v. Grohman, 727 F. Supp. 1407 (D. Mass. 1990), appeal docketed, No. 90-567 (1st Cir. Dec. 20, 1990).
Brief, record, or appendix	Brief for Appellant at 7, Kitchens v. Scotten, 925 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1991) (No. 90-568).
Disposition on appeal	Haber v. Yee, 925 F.2d 314, 335 (1st Cir. 1991).
Disposition in lower court showing subsequent history	Haber v. Yee, 727 F. Supp. 1407, 1412 (D. Mass. 1990), aff'd, 925 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1991).
Petition for certiorari filed	Grohman v. Tice, 925 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1991), petition for cert. filed, 60 U.S.L.W. 3422 (U.S. Jan. 14, 1992) (No. 92-212).
Petition for certiorari granted	Scotten v. Kitchens, 925 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1991), cert. granted, 60 U.S.L.W. 3562 (U.S. Jan. 21, 1992) (No. 92-212).
Disposition in Supreme Court published only in service	Flynn v. Kaplan, 60 U.S.L.W. 4420, 4421 (U.S. Feb. 4, 1992), vacating as moot 925 F.2d 314 (1st Cir. 1991).