How do you format a pinpoint citation to multiple pages in a case?

• A. 347 U.S. 483, 490-92 (1954).
• B. 347 U.S. 483, 490-492 (1954).
• C. 347 U.S. 483, 489-92 (1954).
• D. 347 U.S. 483, 491-92 (1954).

Answer: (A)

When citing a case with material that appears on more than one page, you place the pinpoint pages after the main case citation, separated by a dash, and you keep the year in parentheses. If the ending page shares the same hundreds digit as the starting page, you can shorten the ending to just the last two digits. For this example, the material spans pages 490 through 492, so the concise pinpoint form is 490-92, and it is placed after the case citation with a comma: 347 U.S. 483, 490-92 (1954). The other formats either extend the page range without using the common shorthand or begin/end at pages that don’t match the cited material, so they don’t align with the pinpoint citation rule as neatly.