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Legal Citation

Bluebook and ALWD Manual

Supreme Court of Ohio Writing Manual

Other State Style Guides

The following website provides links to the citation forms for cases, statutes, and regulations in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. For each it also provides a sample of in-state citation practice drawing upon a recent decision of the state's highest court and notes any explicit citation rules governing briefs and memoranda submitted to it.

Ohio Citations - Examples

Cases BEFORE May 1, 2002

Reported Case Before 2002:

Third Edition of Manual, eff. June 17, 2024:
State v. Crandall, 9 Ohio App.3d 291, 292 (1st Dist.1983).

Second Edition of Manual, before June 17, 2024:
State v. Crandall, 9 Ohio App.3d 291, 292, 460 N.E.2d 296 (1st Dist.1983).

 

Unreported Case Before 2002:

Third Edition of Manual, eff. June 17, 2024:
Std. Oil Co. v. Fairview Park, 1979 WL 210632, *4 (8th Dist. Dec. 20, 1979).
or
Std. Oil Co. v. Fairview Park, 1979 Ohio App. LEXIS 11428, *4 (8th Dist. Dec. 20, 1979).

Second Edition of Manual, before June 17, 2024:
Std. Oil Co. v. Fairview Park, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 39908, 1979 WL 210632, *4 (Dec. 20, 1979).
or
Std. Oil Co. v. Fairview Park, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 39908, 1979 Ohio App. LEXIS 11428, 4 (Dec. 20, 1979).