Citing other Court Documents

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In court briefs, you will often have to cite to other court documents that are not opinions, e.g. opposing briefs, transcripts, pending cases, petitions, etc. Consult Rule 10.8 and Bluepage Table 1 for these special citation forms. Bluepage Rule 10 is more helpful than Rule 10.8.

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 within a brief, etc, (i.e. another court document), 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.) k

or

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

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