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Dallas Campus Library Blue Book Citation Created by Carol Keller, Department of Criminal Justice Revised 8/29/07 S:/Library/Library Instruction/APA Instruction/Blue Book Citation.doc Blue Book Citation Federal Law Federal District Court  General Format Petitioner v. Respondent , volume# F.Supp. page# (district court, year )  Examples: Glover v. Johnson , 478 F.Supp. 1075 (E.D.Mich.1979) Smith v. Bounds , 657 F.Supp. 1327 (E.D.N.C.1986) Cepulonis v. Fair , 563 F.Supp. 659 (D.Mass.1983) Federal Circuit Court of Appeals  General Format Note: Appellee v. Appellant are used in the court of appeals. This means that the parties to the original case may be transposed. Thus, a case that started Bo unds v. Smith may be reported as Smith v. Bounds in the Court of Appeals reporter.  Appellee v. Appellant , volume# F.3d page# (circuit court, year )  Examples: Glover v. Johnson , 75 F.3d 264 (6thCir.1996) Smith v. Bounds , 841 F.2d 77 (4thCir.1988) Cepulon is v. Fair , 732 F.2d 1 (1stCir.1984) U.S. Supreme Court  General Format  Petitioner v. Respondent , volume# U.S. page# (year )  Examples: Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987)  The U.S. Reporter is the preferred cite, but sometimes it is useful to use an alternate cite. West Law produces the Supreme Court Reporter. The alternate citation format is: Dallas Campus Library Blue Book Citation Created by Carol Keller, Department of Criminal Justice Revised 8/29/07 S:/Library/Library Instruction/APA Instruction/Blue Book Citation.doc Turner v. Safley, 107 S.Ct. 2254 (1987)  Both citations refer to the same case. Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18 (1981 Texas Court of C riminal Appeals (Tex. Crim. App.), previously Court of Appeals (Tex. Ct. App.): Cite to S.W., S.W.2d, or S.W.3d. o Example: Dranguet v. McCracken, 989 S.W.2d 105 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 1998). Statutory compilations: Texas is nearing the completion of a recodification of its laws (2005). Cite to the new subject -matter Tex. Code Ann ., if therein; otherwise, cite to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. or to one of the independent codes contained in the series Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes or Vernon’s Texas Statutes Annotated. Note that the independent codes are not part of the new subject -matter Tex. Code Ann. o Example :  In APA Writing Style paragraph: The Texas Tr ansportation Code Chapter 720 (1995) states the following concerning police quotas: a political sub division …  In References: Tex. [subject] Code Ann. § x (Vernon year) . Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 720. 002 (Vernon 1995). Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. Art. x (Vernon year). Tex. Penal Code Ann. § x (Vernon year). Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § x (Vernon year).