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Citing Sources: Citing Legal Resources

A guide to citing sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago format.

Examples

 

Template

Name of the Court/Governing Body Name. Title of Case. Docket no., Date of Case. Publisher, URL (if applicable). 

 

Example

Supreme Court of the United States. Gideon v. Wainwright. 372., 1965. United States Courts, https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/fr_import/CR05-1965.pdf. 

 

In-text Citation

(Title of Case)

 

Example

During the case, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf (Gideon v. Wainwright).

OR

According to Gideon v. Wainwrightthe Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.