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How to cite a Tenth Circuit opinion

Cite a Tenth Circuit opinion as case name, volume, reporter and first page, a pinpoint, and “(10th Cir. [year])”: the circuit and the year of decision.

The Federal Reporter prints the opinions of every circuit, so the parenthetical has to name the court.

The examples below use F.3d.

4 real examples

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

  1. Reynolds & Reynolds Co. v. Eaves, 149 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 1998).

    Case name
    Reynolds & Reynolds Co. v. Eaves
    Volume, reporter and first page
    149 F.3d 1191
    Court and date
    (10th Cir. 1998)

    The authority

    Where the book teaches this