INSERTING CITATIONS STEP-BY-STEP
WHAT A CITE CONTAINS
THE ASSIGNMENTS
Each Assignment • Complete research • Read everything • On top of page is your name and the assignment number • Next comes the exact wording of the assignment • The comes your • First draft • Second draft • Final draft
FIRST DRAFT • After you have read all the law and understand the question, time to write your first draft • Read the question • Write the answer it off the top of your head (based on the law you have read) • This answer will be based on law, but will not contain law
SECOND DRAFT • Have someone read it • Ask them if they understand it • Correct your draft based on their comments
FINAL DRAFT • Read through it and determine which sentences are legal statements • For every legal statement, add law citation where it comes from • Make sure you use primary unless secondary is allowed • INSERT CORRECT CITES
CORRECTING YOUR CITES • Determine whether the cites are for • cases or • statutes
CITING STATUTES • Go to Tanbook (NY STYLE MANUAL) • Go to Appendix 4 and use the names there • Make sure there are spaces between the name of the statute, the section sign (if there is one), the section number, and the subdivisions in () • Penal Law § 120.00 (1) • CPLR 3211 (2) (a)
LET’S LOOK AT APPENDIX 4 • If you don’t know the website: • Go to your favorite search engine (e.g., Google, Bing, Alta Vista) • Search for NY Style Manual • WOW!
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite • NY, NY2d, NY3d • AD, AD2d, AD3d • Misc, Misc 2d, Misc 3d • NYS is not an official cite
CITING CASES • Examples of official cites • 89 NY2d 102 • 43 AD3d 201 • 5 Misc 3d 45 • 896 NYS2d 214 is not an official cite
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite (e.g., NY3d, AD2d, Misc 3d) • Go to Citator Services and get official name • www.nycourts.gov/reporter/citations/first_gen_citator/Default2.aspx • This site can be found on LINKS
LET’S GO TO CITATOR SERVICES • www.nycourts.gov/reporter/citations/first_gen_citator/Default2.aspx
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite (e.g., NY3d, AD2d, Misc 3d) • Go to Citator Services and get official name • Assemble: Case Name + Official Cite
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite (e.g., NY3d, AD2d, Misc 3d) • Go to Citator Services and get official name • Assemble: Case Name + Official Cite • Anderson v Cooper, 23 NY2d 102
CITING CASES • Make sure you have the official cite (e.g., NY3d, AD2d, Misc 3d) • Go to Citator Services and get official name • Assemble: Case Name + Official Cite • ADD the appropriate identifier
ADDING THE APPROPRIATE IDENTIFIER
ADDING THE APPROPRIATE IDENTIFIER
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • EXAMPLE • Anderson v. Baker, 123 A.D.2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999)
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v. Baker, 123 A.D.2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999) • No v.
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 A.D.2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999) • No v.
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 A.D.2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999) • No v. • No A.D.2d
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 AD2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999) • No v. • No A.D.2d
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 AD2d 456 (2d Dept. 1999) • No v. • No A.D.2d • No Dept.
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 AD2d 456 (2d Dept 1999) • No v. • No A.D.2d • No Dept.
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Anderson v Baker, 123 AD2d 456 (2d Dept 1999) • This is a proper cite for an Appellate Division case
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for commas: Do they belong there? • EXAMPLE: • People v Jin, 123 Misc 2d 456 (Sup Ct, Queens County, 1986)
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for commas: Do they belong there? • EXAMPLE: • People v Jin, 123 Misc 2d 456 (Sup Ct, Queens County, 1986) • No comma between County and Year
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for commas: Do they belong there? • EXAMPLE: • People v Jin, 123 Misc 2d 456 (Sup Ct, Queens County 1986) • Proper cite
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look at the numbers: Are they correct?
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Order of brackets: ([ ]) • Round, then square
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Italics in appropriate place
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Italics in appropriate place • Name of case is in italics • Not the Numbers and Reporter
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Italics in appropriate place • Name of case is in italics • Not the Numbers and Reporter • People v Jin, 123 Misc 2d 456 (Sup Ct, Queens County 1986)
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Italics in appropriate place • Name of case is in italics • Not the Numbers and Reporter • People v Jin, 123 Misc 2d 456 (Sup Ct, Queens County 1986)
FINAL CITE CHECKING • Look for periods: Do they belong there? • Look for commas: Do they belong there? • Look at the numbers: Are they correct? • 1st • 2d • 3d • 4th • Order of brackets: ([ ]) • Italics in appropriate place
