How do I cite to appellate court decisions?

When citing to appellate court decisions in Indiana, you must use the traditional Bluebook citation format. This format includes the name of the case, the court in which it originated, the year of the decision, a volume number, the page number of the decision and the reporter abbreviation. Usually, the first place to look for a decision is in a reporter, which is a published volume that collects appellate court decisions. For example, if you wanted to cite to the 2001 Indiana Supreme Court decision in O’Connor v. State, the proper citation would be: O’Connor v. State, 735 N.E.2d 1, 7 (Ind. 2001). In this example: • O’Connor v. State is the name of the case. • 735 N.E.2d 1 is the volume number. • 7 is the page number of the decision. • Ind. is the abbreviated name of the reporter, which in this case is the Indiana Reports. • 2001 is the year of the decision. To locate the citation for a case, you can use several online legal research databases, such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, and Google Scholar. You can also use the Indiana State Government website, which provides access to Indiana judicial opinions.

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