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Automatic Bluebook Citations to Cases
Editing a Legal Document that Contains Citrus Citations
After following the steps for the preceding example for entering your legal argument and citing the case, the sample brief looks like this:
The case concerned speech allegedly containing a threat against the life of the President. Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 705 (1969) (per curiam). The Court held that the speech could not be considered a true threat. Id. at 708. The Court considered the context in which the speech had been delivered and the reaction of the listeners. Id.
Now cut the first sentence and its citation. Use either the mouse or your keyboard to highlight the sentence and the citation ["The case concerned...per curiam)"], then cut that text. Citrus will automatically adjust the remaining legal citations to conform to Bluebook rules. After you cut the first sentence the sample brief looks like this:
The Court held that the speech could not be considered a true threat. Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969) (per curiam). The Court considered the context in which the speech had been delivered and the reaction of the listeners. Id.
After the first sentence gets cut, the "Id. at 708" citation is wrong because there is no longer a preceding citation to which the Id. refers. To keep your example brief in correct Bluebook format, Citrus will automatically expand the Id. citation into a full case citation.
Move your cursor to the end of the full citation and paste the sentence that you cut at the end of the example brief. Just as it will automatically turn Id. citations into full legal citations when necessary, Citrus will adjust the full citation following that sentence to an Id. citation as shown below:
The Court considered the context in which the speech had been delivered and the reaction of the listeners. Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969) (per curiam). The Court held that the speech could not be considered a true threat. Id.
Automatically Putting Existing Citations into Bluebook Format
If you are working with a legal memorandum that already has citations that were not entered with Citrus, you can easily mark them and use Citrus to automatically keep them in Bluebook format as you continue editing the memo. The same technique also works if you enter a citation but forget to press F2. Simply use your mouse or keyboard to highlight the citation, then press F2. Try entering the following sentence into your sample legal memorandum now:
Political speech per se cannot provide a basis for civil liability, 458 US 886, 933-934, so it cannot provide the basis for criminal liability, 397 US 358, 364.
Highlight "458 US 886, 933-934" and press F2, then do the same with "397 US 358, 364". Citrus will automatically generate the correct Bluebook citations in the sentence:
Political speech per se cannot provide a basis for civil liability, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886, 933-34 (1982), so it cannot provide the basis for criminal liability, In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 364 (1970).
Follow this link to see how you can use shortcuts and abbreviations in your case citations to write your legal briefs faster and more accurately.
