Incorrect: Jonathan H. Smith v. Allison T. Jones Correct: Xu Lanting v. Wong Incorrect: Xu Lanting v. James Wong R11.2.2. Only include the last name of the first listed party of the plaintiffs and the first listed party of the defendants. R11.2.3. Italicize everything in the case name, but don’t italicize the comma at the end of the case name. Exception for ALDs: do not italicize case names in ALD full citations, but do italicize case names in ALD short form citations and procedural phrases such as re.” “In R11.2.4. Delete al.”, nicknames, and aliases. “et Correct: Jackson v. Leviston Incorrect: Curtis James Jackson III, p/k/a 50 Cent v. Lastonia Leviston R11.2.5. Replace procedural phrases, and omit all besides the first procedural phrase. When you see the relation of,” behalf of,” “on “on and similar expressions, replace with rel.” “ex Correct: Affleck ex rel. Damon v. Kimmel Incorrect: Ben Affleck, on behalf of Matt Damon v. Jimmy Kimmel, et al. When you see the matter of,” of,” and “in “petition similar expressions, replace with re”, except do not use “In
Incorrect: Jonathan H. Smith v. Allison T. Jones Correct: Xu Lanting v. Wong Incorrect: Xu Lanting v. James Wong R11.2.2. Only include the last name of the first listed party of the plaintiffs and the first listed party of the defendants. R11.2.3. Italicize everything in the case name, but don’t italicize the comma at the end of the case name. Exception for ALDs: do not italicize case names in ALD full citations, but do italicize case names in ALD short form citations and procedural phrases such as “In re.” R11.2.4. Delete “et al.”, nicknames, and aliases. Correct: Jackson v. Leviston Incorrect: Curtis James Jackson III, p/k/a 50 Cent v. Lastonia Leviston R11.2.5. Replace procedural phrases, and omit all besides the first procedural phrase. When you see “on the relation of,” “on behalf of,” and similar expressions, replace with “ex rel.” Correct: Affleck ex rel. Damon v. Kimmel Incorrect: Ben Affleck, on behalf of Matt Damon v. Jimmy Kimmel, et al. When you see “in the matter of,” “petition of,” and similar expressions, replace with “In re”, except do not use
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