The Mechanics of Citation
|
| Type of Decision |
Relevant Bluebook Rules |
Examples of Citation Format |
| Unpublished
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Decisions and Wisconsin Supreme Court
Orders: |
Unpublished court of appeals decision with parallel
citation to commercial vendor.
Unpublished court of appeals decision with parallel citation to
commercial vendor that has not assigned a unique database
identifier. |
Rule 10.8.1 (pending and unreported cases generally)
Rule 10.4 (court and jurisdiction) Rule 18 (when parallel citation to
electronic database is required) Rule 18.1 (use reliable commercial
vendor) Rule 18.1.1 (electronic database format) |
State v. Klema, No. 03-2250-CR, 2004 WL 524895
(Wis. Ct. App. Mar. 18, 2004).
State v. Klema, No. 03-2250-CR (Wis. Ct. App. Mar. 18, 2004) (Loislaw.com, Wis. Case Law
(unpublished)). |
| Unpublished court of appeals decision with pinpoint
cites. |
Rule 18.1.1 (use of paragraph and screen or page
numbers) Rule 10.6.1 (statement regarding weight of authority may be
added) |
State v. Klema, No. 03-2250-CR, 2004 WL 524895,
¶4 (Wis. Ct. App. Mar. 18, 2004). State v. Neil, No.
99-0523-CR, 1999 Wisc. App. LEXIS 895, at *3 (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 17,
1999) (unpublished decision). Note: Court of appeals summary orders
might not have parallel citations. |
| Unpublished court of appeals decision recommended for
publication. |
Rule 10.6.1 (use of statement regarding weight of
authority) |
State v. Jackson, No. 03-1805-CR (Wis. Ct. App.
May 18, 2004) (recommended for publication) (Loislaw.com, Wis. Case
Law). Note: Addition of clarification that opinion is unpublished or
recommended for publication concerns weight of authority. |
| Unpublished court of appeals decision available on the
Internet, but not yet uploaded to a commercial database. |
Rule 18.2.2 (when Internet cite is appropriate) Rule
18.2.1(b) (use of "available at") Rule 18.2.1(f) (citation
structure) |
State
v. Delange, (PDF, 24KB) No. 03-2473-CR (Wis. Ct. App. May 13,
2004) (unpublished decision). Note 1: Include "available at"
if a print resource was reviewed. Omit "available at" if
only an Internet source was used. Note 2: Unpublished slip opinions
generally are available from the court of appeals' Web site at 9
a.m. on day of release but generally are not uploaded by commercial
vendors until 24-48 hours later. Thus, although in constructing parallel
citations a commercial database is generally preferred, an Internet
citation may be the only option when citing a newly released
decision. |
| Unpublished supreme court order without parallel
citation to a commercial vendor. |
Rule 10.8.1
Rule 10.4
Rule 10.6.1 |
DeChant v. Monarch Life Ins., No. 93-2220 (Wis.
Dec. 16, 1994) (unpublished order). Note: Unpublished supreme court
orders might not have parallel citations. Since SCR 80.02 does not
provide a citation format for unpublished supreme court orders, cite
them in the same way as unpublished court of appeals dispositions. |
