New Citation Form for Louisiana

On December 17, 1993, the Supreme Court of Louisiana issued an order requiring a "uniform public domain citation form" with a parallel citation to West's Southern Reporter, for all opinions and actions issued by the appellate courts of Louisiana after December 31. E.G.: Smith v. Jones, 93-2345 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/15/94); 660 So. 2d 400. As you can see, the uniform public domain citation form consists of the "case name, docket number excluding letter, court abbreviation, and month, day and year of issue." The order further provides that "if a pinpoint public domain citation is needed, the page number designated by the court shall follow the docket number...."

The court also states that opinions issued between Dec. 31, 1972 and Jan. 1, 1994, can have a parallel public domain citation following the So. 2d citation (but the parallel isn't required).

Thanks to Carol Billings for sending me a copy of the order. Who's next?

Lynn Foster
lcfoster[_at_]ualr.edu
501-324-9975 Received on Thu Jan 20 1994 - 00:56:13 GMT