A legal citation is a reference to a specific legal resource such as a statute,   legal case, or law journal article. It typically includes: volume number, name of resource, a page or section number APA style of citing legal materials is based on The Bluebook: A Uniform   System of Citation (16th ed.). (1996). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association.

Federal: Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp., 306 F3d 17 (2d Cir.2002)

• Case name X (Specht) verses Y (Netscape...), found in volume # (384) of the Federal Reporter, 3rd series,
       may also have a page number 

State: Mack Massey Motors, Inc. v. Garnica, 814 S.W.2d 167 (1991)

• Court of Appeals of Texas

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions - Name v. Name. Vol. number U.S. Page number. (Year).

Decisions of Lower Federal Courts - Name v. Name, Volume number Reporter abbreviation Page number (Court Name).

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Federal Statutes

Name of Act § Section number, Volume number U.S.C. § Section number (Year).
Name of Act, Pub. L. No. Number , § Section number, Volume number Stat. Page number.

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State and U.S. Constitutions

Co. Const. pt. 1, art. XV.         |          U.S. Const., amend. XIV, § 1.

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Congressional and Federal Legislative Materials

Hearing - Title of Hearing, Number of Congress Cong. Page number (Year) (testimony of Name of witness).

Bill -  Title, Bill or Resolution Number, Number of Congress Cong., Number of Session Sess. (Year).

Reports and Documents - Series abbreviation No. Number, Number of Congress Cong., Number of session Sess. Page number (Year).

Abbreviations: Senate Report.: S. Rep.; Senate Document: S. Doc.; House Report: H.R. Rep.; and Document: H.R. Doc.

Federal

U.S. Code - current, federal laws arranged by subject

• Sample citation: 20 U.S.C. 1070a   =  Title 20, section 1070a

U.S. Statutes at Large -all the laws passed by Congress and signed by the President arranged chronologically

• Sample citation: P.L. 89-329   = 329th Public Law passed by the 89th Congress

                   or: 79 STAT 1219   =  Volume 79, page 1219

State

Colorado Revised Statutes

• Sample citation: C.R.S. 24-71-101  = Colorado Electronic Signature Act

Code of Federal Regulations (Administrative rules passed by federal agencies)

• Sample citation: 34 CFR 690 (Title 34, chapter 690)
• Regulations.gov  (www.regulations.gov)

Federal Register (New and amended regulations appear here first)

• Sample citation: 50 FR 10717 (Volume 50, page 10717)

46 Wayne L. Rev. 1735, The Unfairness of Click-On Software Licenses

• Volume 46 of the Wayne State University Law Review, starting on page 1735.