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How To Write A Case Commentppt
How To Write A Case Commentppt
• Procedures
• Turning in Submissions
– Carefully read the Write On packet instructions
– Upload the completed materials & supplemental materials
to the competition website early
– However, you should be aware that the cases are there for a
reason. A dearth of sources in your comment will be noted.
Reading the Packet
• Devote two days just to reading, more if briefing,
the packet.
• 36 See In re Vincent, 172 P.3d at 608 (citing In re Raab, 793 N.E.2d 1287, 1290 (N.Y. 2003)).
• In law review footnotes, a short form for a case may be used if it clearly identifies a
case that (1) is already cited in the same footnote or (2) is cited in one of the
preceding five footnotes. Otherwise a full citation is required.
• 36 Johnson, 405 F.3d at 1234. NOT: 44 See Wersal, 613 F.3d at 836-37.
• Portions of text, footnotes, and groups of authorities within the piece may be cited using
“supra” or “infra.”
• Supra may also be used as short form citations for some sources.
• Proper format: See Smith, supra note XX, at XXX.
• 11 See Gray, supra note 6, at 26. NOT: 8 See Varnum, supra note 2 at 134.
• Id. can be used for any type of authority except internal cross-references.
• Id. may not be used if the preceding footnote contains more than one authority.
o Sources identified in explanatory parentheticals, explanatory phrases, or
prior/subsequent history are ignored for purposes of this rule. Thus:
• 26Id. at 1217 (citing Johnson v. Governor of Florida, 353 F.3d 1287 (11th Cir.
2003), vacated 377 F.3d 1163).
27 Id.
How Do I Use Footnotes?
5. Signals – Bluebook 1.2
• Review the descriptions in The Bluebook, and use the signals accordingly.
NOT: 3 See, e.g. Wesley v. Collins, 791 F.2d 1255, 1261-62 (6th Cir. 1986).