How to Cite a Court Case

Case citations follow the legal guides: AGLC4 in Australia, OSCOLA in the UK and the Bluebook in the US. APA and MLA borrow the legal form. Examples for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, Nature, ASA, APSA, OSCOLA, the Bluebook and AGLC4 are below, each produced by the generator itself.

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APA 7th edition

References entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992).

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 1992, p. 42)
MLA 9th edition

Works Cited entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2). 175 CLR 1, 1992.

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2) 42)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

Bibliography entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992).

Footnote

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992), at 42.

Later footnotes

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 42.
Chicago 18th edition (author-date)

References entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992).

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2) 1992, 42)
Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Reference list entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1.

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 1992, p. 42)
IEEE

References entry

[1] Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1. 1992.

In-text citation

[1, p. 42]
Vancouver (NLM)

References entry

1. Mabo v Queensland (No 2). 175 CLR 1. 1992.

In-text citation

(1)
AMA 11th edition

References entry

1. Mabo v Queensland (No 2). 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992).

In-text citation

1(p42)
ACS

References entry

(1) Mabo v Queensland (No 2); 1992.

In-text citation

1
Nature

References entry

1. Mabo v Queensland (No 2). 175 CLR 1 (1992).

In-text citation

1
ASA 7th edition

References entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1. 1992.

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 1992:42)
APSA

Reference List entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2). 1992. 175 CLR 1 (HCA).

In-text citation

(Mabo v Queensland (No 2) 1992, 42)
OSCOLA

Bibliography entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1

Footnote

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 42.

Later footnotes

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (n 1) 42.
Bluebook

Bibliography entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1 (HCA 1992).

Footnote

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR 1, 42 (HCA 1992).

Later footnotes

Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 175 CLR at 42.
AGLC4

Bibliography entry

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1

Footnote

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1, 42.

Later footnotes

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (n 1) 42.

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    • Cite the authorised report series when the case is reported in one (CLR for the High Court of Australia).

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