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How to cite a Missouri Supreme Court opinion

Cite a decision of the Missouri Supreme Court with the case name, the reporter citation, and a parenthetical that gives the year, adding the state’s abbreviation when the reporter is a regional one.

The examples below use Mo. and S.W.3d.

The book’s Table A lists Missouri’s courts, reporters and citation rules.

2 real examples

Each citation is printed as the book prints it, from an authority the book checked against its source.

  1. Rachael v. Walker, 4 Mo. 350 (1836).

    Case name
    Rachael v. Walker
    Volume, reporter and first page
    4 Mo. 350
    Year
    (1836)

    The authority

    • Rachael v. Walker (Mo., June 1836)

    Where the book teaches this