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California

P07; P08

See also Unpublished decisions

Appellate record referencesP08

Capitalization

Initial letters in quotations§ 44.4
Titles, names, and defined terms§ 46.2; § 46.3

Case identity

§ 4.1; § 17.1

See also Metadata

Consolidated proceeding components§ 49.2
Mismatched names and citations§ 17.5
Opinions within a case§ 4.3; § 15.2

Case names

§ 17.1; § 17.2

See also Abbreviations

Businesses with similar entity names§ 48.2; § 48.4
Consolidated training matters§ 48.2; § 48.4
Distinguishing affiliated parties§ 49.2
Estates, trustees, and representative capacities§ 48.1; § 48.2
Given names and generational suffixes§ 48.2; § 48.4
Governments, agencies, and officials§ 48.1; § 48.2
In-re and property captions§ 48.2; § 48.4
Omitted parties and changed captions§ 48.3
Procedural captions§ 17.2
Pseudonyms and source-provided identity§ 48.2; § 48.5
Receiving style: Preserve the case identity while editing its displayed nameCD04
Short names§ 8.3

Case-citation fields

Receiving style: Apply a complete, bounded conversion to a real source identityCD14

Case-specific scheduling order

F047

Center

Name abbreviation and contextND03

Central

Name abbreviation and contextND03

Chambers work

§ 35.4

See also Bench sheets

Chapter in edited collection

F065

Checksums

§ 15.5; § 39.5

See also Source packets

Citation clauses

Grammar, placement, and punctuation§ 41.3; § 42.4

Citation clusters

§ 15.2

See also CourtListener

Citation conversion

Receiving style: Apply a complete, bounded conversion to a real source identityCD14

Citation permission

§ 2.2; § 19.4

See also Unpublished decisions

Distinguishing weight and treatment§ 19.1
Federal dispositionsP03

Citation sentences

Attachment and terminal punctuation§ 41.1; § 41.2

Citation strings

§ 6.4

See also Signals

Citation-page ranges

Receiving style: Build the authority table from the finished documentCD11

Clauses

Real-source anatomy: Constitutional coordinates are structuralR06

Cleaned up

Receiving style: Separate block layout from quotation fidelityCD07

Clinics

§ 14.3

See also Receiving requirements

Code citations

Receiving style: Preserve statutory version evidence when the display changesCD12

Code of Federal Regulations

Lookup: Annual CFR snapshots: the year does not supply the monthAT08
Real-source anatomy: Follow the regulation across a page breakR11

Codification

§ 9.2; § 20.2

See also Positive-law titles

Lookup: One enacted law, several identifiers: keep each coordinate in its systemAT07

Collaborative editing

§ 34.4; § 38.2

See also Research handoffs

Colorado

Policy Concerning Citation of Opinions Not Selected for Official PublicationP26
Policy on Citations, November 13, 2025P27

Commission

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Commissioner

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Committee

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Committee documents

§ 21.4

See also Legislative history

Minority views and committee explanations§ 51.3

Committee print

F032

Committee report

F029

Committee reports

Lookup: Attribute legislative material to the component that actually speaksAT12
Real-source anatomy: A report's Congress can differ from the period it describesR17

Company

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Comparative testing

§ 40.1; § 40.4; W12

See also Verification

Comparisons

Parallel locators and explained differences§ 42.7

Complaint allegation

F048

Concurrences

§ 4.3; § 18.3

See also Separate opinions

Real-source anatomy: One printed page can contain two opinionsR03

Concurring opinion

F007

Conditional language

Receiving style: Expose quotation changes without changing the propositionCD06

Congress numbers

Real-source anatomy: A report's Congress can differ from the period it describesR17

Congressional hearing

F030

Congressional measure types

Lookup: Congressional measure types: the prefix is part of the identityAT10

Congressional Record

§ 21.3; F031

See also Legislative history

Lookup: Attribute legislative material to the component that actually speaksAT12

Constitutional amendment

F016

Constitutional subdivisions

Lookup: Constitutional coordinates without invented subdivisionsAT05

Constitutions

§ 9.1

See also Enactments

Lookup: Constitutional coordinates without invented subdivisionsAT05
Real-source anatomy: Constitutional coordinates are structuralR06

Construction

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Contracting

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Contracts

Ch. 25

See also Transactional practice

Amendments§ 25.5
Executed agreement and amendmentE11
Execution and working versions§ 25.1; § 25.3
Sections and incorporated schedules§ 25.2

Contrary authority

§ 6.2; § 19.3

See also Treatment

Conversion errors

§ 5.5; § 16.3

See also OCR; PDF files

Cooperative

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Copies of authorities

Receiving style: Distinguish a source citation, a required copy, and a record attachmentCD10

Copy requirements

P03; P04; P10

See also Unpublished decisions

Corporate records

§ 25.4

See also Contracts

Corporate resolution or minutes

F063

Corporation

Name abbreviation and contextND01

County

Name abbreviation and contextND03

Court

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Court abbreviations

Lookup: Federal circuit identity: preserve the institution, then shorten clearlyAT03

Court gateways

§ 24.5; Court gateways

See also Receiving requirements

Court names

§ 17.4; § 24.1

See also Jurisdictions

Lookup: Court names that lose meaning when shortened too farAT04
Lookup: Selected geographic codes: recognize postal fields without turning them into court namesAT19

Court rules

§ 10.4; § 24.3

See also Receiving requirements

Real-source anatomy: Cite a court rule by rule, and label the historical versionR14

Court-assigned neutral citation

F002

CourtListener

§ 4.2; § 15.2; § 15.3

See also Metadata

Case, cluster, opinion, and citation units§ 15.2

Cross-references

§ 8.4

See also Short references

Moving paragraphs and renumbering notes§ 45.6
Source pointers versus discussion pointers§ 45.5

Current federal code section

F017

Current law

Receiving style: Preserve statutory version evidence when the display changesCD12

Custodians

§ 28.1

See also Archival materials

Creator versus present repository§ 56.2