Citation guide GUIDE TO THE DELAWARE RULES OF LEGAL CITATION in the Superior Court of Delaware Second Edition This revised guide to the Delaware rules governing legal citation and style is intended to provide uniformity clarity and consistency in the Supe
GUIDE TO THE DELAWARE RULES OF LEGAL CITATION in the Superior Court of Delaware Second Edition This revised guide to the Delaware rules governing legal citation and style is intended to provide uniformity clarity and consistency in the Superior Court ? s decisions and to make life easier for each arriving generation of law clerks The Guide is based on the Bluebook A Uniform System of Citation Columbia Law Review Ass ? n et al eds th ed the Chicago Manual of Style th ed internal Superior Court rules and established Delaware practice It also updates the Superior Court Guide to the Delaware Rules of Legal Citation adopted in July Although it is intended to highlight the Bluebook and not substitute for it we hope this guide provides a convenient Delaware-speci ?c resource for the Superior Court ? s judicial o ?cers law clerks interns externs and sta ? In some ways it is misleading to refer to the ??rules ? governing citations as their structure constantly uctuates Citations evolve through a uid and dynamic process constantly reacting to substantive changes in the organization of the state and federal judiciary as well as the stylistic preferences of its o ?cers and academic commentators Accordingly this guide is by de ?nition a continuous work in progress Suggestions comments and criticisms are therefore always valued Resident Judge Richard R Cooch Andrew A Lundgren Superior Court Law Clerk Robert J Deary Superior Court Law Clerk Adopted by the Superior Court of Delaware September CTABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE CASES I SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL RULE c A Civil Case B Criminal Cases II CITATIONS TO REPORTED DELAWARE CASES A Supreme Court B Superior Court C Court of Chancery D Court of Common Pleas E Family Court F Court on the Judiciary G Court of Oyer and Terminer H Orphans Court I Court of General Sessions III CITATIONS TO UNREPORTED DELAWARE CASES AGENCY DECISIONS A Supreme Court Opinions Orders Administrative Directives B Superior Court Generally Decisions of Judges Decisions of Commissioners C Court of Chancery Generally Decisions of the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellors Decisions of Masters D Court of Common Pleas E Family Court F Justice of the Peace Court G Decisions of Administrative Agencies and Citations to the Record H Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee I Advisory Opinions of the Attorney General J Pinpoint Citations to Unreported Decisions K Footnotes IV CITATION TO CASES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS A Reported Cases Generally B Federal Cases CV CASE ABBREVIATIONS A Abbreviations Generally B Consolidations and Multiple Parties C Governmental Units and Business Names D Procedural Phrases E Months F Judges and O ?cials G Explanatory Phrases H Court Documents VI SHORT CITATIONS A ??Id ? B ??Supra ? ??Infra ? and ??Hereinafter ? VII INTRODUCTORY SIGNALS A Types of Signals No Signal See and But see See also E g Cf and But cf Contra Accord B Non-Textual Illustrations of Signals C Textual Illustration of Signals VIII PARENTHETICALS AND COMMENTARIES A Form of Parenthetical Information B Citations Within
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