Bluebook 101

Rule 10 governs case citation. This 4 minute tutorial from Georgetown Law Library provides an overview of case citation forms. 

A general case citation form for a federal circuit opinion appears below: 

Note: in the Law Review context, you may not use the italics in your citation.  See Rule 2, below. 

Rule 2 describes Typeface Conventions for Law Reviews.  Law review articles often employ three different typefaces in citations:

• Ordinary Roman (Plain text),
• Italics, and
• Large & Small capitals ("large and small caps").  

According to Rule 2.1 (a), 

Rule 2.2 notes that the main text of law review pieces do not generally contain citations. However, if a case name is part of a sentence, it should be italicized. For example: 

• In Loving v. Virginia, the Court invalidated Virginia's antimiscegenation statute.