How should you cite a case when the caption lists corporate parties?

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How should you cite a case when the caption lists corporate parties?

When a caption lists corporate parties, keep those corporate names in full in the caption. The caption is the official identification of who appeared in the case, and corporate names can be long and uniquely identifying; abbreviating them there can cause confusion or misidentification. After the caption, apply the standard case citation format (volume, reporter, page, year) to locate the case in the reporters. Keeping the full names in the caption and then providing the standard citation preserves precise identification while still giving the proper locator information. Abbreviating or omitting the corporate party names would undermine identification, and skipping the caption or altering how the caption appears would break the conventional citation practice.

When a caption lists corporate parties, keep those corporate names in full in the caption. The caption is the official identification of who appeared in the case, and corporate names can be long and uniquely identifying; abbreviating them there can cause confusion or misidentification. After the caption, apply the standard case citation format (volume, reporter, page, year) to locate the case in the reporters. Keeping the full names in the caption and then providing the standard citation preserves precise identification while still giving the proper locator information. Abbreviating or omitting the corporate party names would undermine identification, and skipping the caption or altering how the caption appears would break the conventional citation practice.

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