MGMT 260-05 : Introduction to Law

1. To demonstrate the authenticity of a claim.
2. To enable a reader to easily locate the cases, statutes, regulations or other material cited in legal documents.

Legal citations often appear as a number, an abbreviation of the publication in which the document is found followed by another number:

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)

558 U.S. 310 (2010) is the citation to the court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. This case was decided in 2010 and can be found in volume 558 at page 310 in the United States Reports. If it's a state level case, the state will be noted in the brackets.

Federal laws might be cited as follows: TITLE U.S.C. § SECTION. For example, 47 U.S.C. § 21 refers to Telecommunications (Title 47), Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment (section 21).

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