Sport & the Law

Type

Format
Example

Case

Party v. Party, citation (Court abbr. year).

O'Bannon v. NCAA, 802 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2015).

* note that if the case is from the Supreme Court, that does not need to be indicated at the end.

Statute

Federal

Name (if applicable), Title U.S.C. § section(s).

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681–1688.

State statutes are cited depending on the state, see the following for a list: https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/3-300

Court document

Type of Document, Party v. Party, No. docket (Court abbr. Date).

Complaint, SportsCastr Inc. v. Sportradar Group, AG, No. 2:23-cv-00472 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 5, 2023).

Bill

Name (if applicable), Bill no., Congress ([State] Year).

Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act, S. 2519, 118th Cong. (2023).

An Act to Prevent Assaults on Sports Officials, H. 1475, 193rd Cong. (Mass. 2023).

Law review article

Author1, Author2 & Author3, Title, Vol.(iss.) J. Abbr. Page (Year).

Tsubasa Shinohara, Fairness or Equality? Participation of Esports Players with Disabilities in Esports Competition, 34 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 503 (2024).

Internet source

Cite the resource as you normally would, and add a comma and the url at the end.

Patrick Bracher, No Liability for Cricket Ball Injury, Inside Sports Law (Feb. 1, 2021), https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/inside-sports-law/blog/2021/02/no-liability-for-cricket-ball-injury.