How to cite legal cases in science journal format.

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Hello

I am trying to cite two legal cases using the science the journal format.

  1. Moore v. Regents of University of California, 51 Cal.3d 120, Supreme Court of California, July 9, 1990

  2. THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY v. WILLIAM J. CATALONA, M.D., et al. Case No. 4:03-CV-01065 SNL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, EASTERN DIVISION, 03/31/2006

I have no idea how to even begin since the formatting is foreign to me.

thanks!

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For both examples, use the “Case” reference type to capture the field information. For your first example, the citation information could be allocated as shown in the attached image. 

The corresponding bibliography template (Case) would need to be created or modified to generate the format in your example. You didn’t specify the EndNote output style but it would just be a matter of “stringing” together the field names used in the reference type (shown in the image).

Example1_Case Reference Field Info.gif
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How do tell which ones are the case numbers etc… it seems like the two cases I listed have different formats.

thanks!

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Google for info on legal citations. Cornell University law school also has a handy guide: http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/