Citing other Court Documents
[Bluepage Rule 10 & Rule 10.8.3]

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When submitting briefs to a court, you will often have to cite to other court documents that are not opinions, e.g. Memorandum, Court Orders, Briefs, Record, etc. These are usually from a judgment in a lower court (for the case you are now briefing for) or court documents produced for the current level of litigation.

Consult Bluepage Rule 10 and 10.8.2 for abbreviation, capitalization, short forms, dates, pinpoints, etc. Note that the date sections in 10.8.3.

For example,

Brief of Petitioner-Appellant at 2006, Suffolk Law School v. Churia, No. 00-0999 (1st Cir. Jan. 17, 2006).

Complaint at 66, Jonah v. Whale, 666 F. 66 (S.D.N.Y. 1966) (No. 34-9876).

Petr. Br. at 6 (Citing court documents within court documents).

When citing court documents connected to the case you are filing the brief for, then insert a period within the parethenticals for citation sentences, and without for citation clauses.

For example,

The dog ran in the rain. (Petr.'s Br. 138.)  He did not get wet. (Petr.'s Br. 139.)

The dog ran in the rain (Petr.'s Br. 7), but he did not get wet (Petr.'s Br. 8).

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