Bluebook 101 Statutes

Rule 12 & Table T.1

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It adopts the Bluebook with some exceptions.

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Sources for Statutes

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2. Unofficial code & supp.

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Current Official Code

Title Section Year code was published

29 U.S.C. § 158 (2006)

Publication abbreviation (United States Code)

Current Official Code

Bluebook:

Publication year

Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94A.010 (2010)

Publication abbreviation

Washington rules: RCW 9.94A.010

Section (title.chapter.section) (No section sign, no year for current code)

Unofficial Code

Bluebook: 29 U.S.C.A. § 2011) 158 (West 2005 & Supp. Washington exception: Don’t give publisher in parenthetical (unless you’re citing something other than text of statute) Gallagher Law Library, Jan. 2010, http://lib.law.washington.edu

Unofficial Code

• • Bluebook: – Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 2010) 9.94A.010 (West – Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § (LexisNexis 2009) 9.94A.010 Washington style sheet: – RCWA 9.94.010

– ARCW 9.94A.010

3.Official Session Laws

Social Security Protection Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-203, 118 Stat. 493 First Responder Anti-Terrorism Training Resources Act, Pub. L. No. 111-245, 124 Stat. 2620 (2010) Gallagher Law Library, Jan. 2010, http://lib.law.washington.edu

Official Session Laws

Bluebook: Act of March 26, 2004, ch. 164, 2004 Wash. Sess. Laws 591 (requiring study of insurance guarantees for workers’ compensation insurance) Washington Habitual Offenders Act, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 284, 1971 Wash. Sess. Laws 1486

Official Session Laws

• • • Washington style sheet: Laws of 2004, ch. 591 Laws of 2004, ch. 591, § 1971, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 284 3 Washington Habitual Offenders Act, Laws of

4.Unofficial Session Laws

Pub. L. No. 109-308, 2006 U.S.C.C.A.N. (120 Stat. 1725) Gallagher Law Library, Jan. 2010, http://lib.law.washington.edu

LexisNexis or Westlaw

N.Y. Correct. Law § 168-h (Consol., LEXIS through released chapters of 2011 (1-17, 50-54 AND 57, 58) R. 12.5

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12.3.1(a) Popular Name

• • • Short title: This Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" Notes Popular Names Table Gallagher Law Library, Jan. 2010, http://lib.law.washington.edu

R. 12.3.2 Year of Code

1. Spine 2. Title page 3. Copyright Official code Edition year Unofficial code Publication year Gallagher Law Library, Jan. 2010, http://lib.law.washington.edu

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