Court Cases (APA)
Court Case Decisions (APA)
Name v. Name, volume number and reporter abbreviation page number (year).
You may also add a URL after the year, but this is not required.
Example:
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
In-text:
Name v. Name (Year)
(Name v. Name, Year)
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Case documents
Document name, case citation (docket number), Retrieved from URL.
Example - merit brief:
Merit brief of petitioners James Obergefell, et al and Brittani Henry, et al v. Richard Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (no. 14-556). Retrieved from https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/obergefell-v-hodges/
In-text citation
Overgefell v. Hodges (2015) or (Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015)
Congressional Bills (APA)
Congressional Bills (APA)
*note: each line after the first line should be indented
Title if relevant, bill or resolution number, xxx Cong. (year).
Example:
Getting Involved in Researching, Learning, and Studying of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Act, H.R. 2762, 114 Cong. (2015).
In-text:
House of Representatives Bill 2762 (2015)
OR
(H.R. 2762, 2015)
***note: if the bill has passed, it should be cited as a statute unless the bill is being cited as a piece of legislative history.
Legislation/Statutes (APA)
Legislation/Statutes (APA)
Title of the legislation, Title number Source § Section number(s) (Year).
Example:
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601–2654 (2006).
***note: a section symbol (§) should be listed before the section number
In-text citation:
Title of the legislation and the year
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (2006)
OR
(Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 2006)
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