Bluebook - String Citation and Order of Authorities: R1.4

String Citation

• Case law: (1) federal cases (2) state cases (3) listed alphabetically by state (4) foreign cases
• Within each jurisdiction: highest court to lowest court
• Within each court level: most recent to least recent (if the dates are identical, alphabetical order)
• Authorities are separated by semicolons.
• If citing a federal case and a state case, cite the federal case first.
• State court cases from different jurisdictions are cited alphabetically by state and then by rank within each state.

 ex) Lee v. Zambrano, 400 F. Supp. 2d 80 (ND.Ill.2006); Smoltz v. Jones, 400 S.E.2d 10 (Ga.1996); Jeter v. Rodrigues, 500 N.E.2d 3 (N.Y.2005); Bagwell v. Biggio, 150 S.W.2d (Tex. 1979)

Referred to Helene S. Shapo et al., Writing and Analysis in the Law (2013)