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Introduction
Table of Contents(See also Summary of Contents on page xv)
Introduction ixHow to Add Your Own Notes xiii
Part One: Citations
1 Citation Format 3
1‐1 Universal Citation Style 3
1‐2 Parallel Citations 5
1‐3 Unified Judicial System 5
1‐4 The Tomayto/Tomahto Syndrome 6
1‐5 Citation Formats 7
1‐5 [1] Pennsylvania Cases 7Pennsylvania Supreme Court 7Pennsylvania Superior Court 7Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court 8Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas 8Pennsylvania Orphans’ Courts 8Pennsylvania Board of Claims 8Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole 8Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board 8Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General Opinions 8Pennsylvania Office of Open Records 8Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission 9Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission 9Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board 9
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1‐5 [2] Pennsylvania Statutes 9Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 9Purdon’s Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Annotated 9Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated 9
1‐5 [3] Pennsylvania Rules 10Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 10Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 10Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence 10Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure 10Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orphans’ Court Rules 10Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct 10Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration 10Pennsylvania Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure 10Pennsylvania Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of
Magisterial District Judges 10Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Actions
and Proceedings Before Magisterial District Judges 11
Pennsylvania Board of Claims Rules of Procedure 11Court of Judicial Discipline Rules of Procedure 11Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rules 11Pennsylvania Rules for Continuing Legal Education 11Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement 11
1‐5 [4] Pennsylvania Local County Rules 11Adams County Rules of Civil Procedure 11Adams County Rules of Criminal Procedure 11Adams County Juvenile Court Rules 12Adams County Rules of Judicial Administration 12Adams County Orphans’ Court Rules 12Allegheny County Local Rules 12Allegheny County Rules of Criminal Procedure 12Armstrong County Rules of Civil Procedure 12Armstrong County Rules of Criminal Procedure 12Armstrong County Orphans’ Court Rules 12Armstrong County Local Rules Governing Conduct,
Office Standards, and Civil Procedure for District Justices 12
Armstrong County Local Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure 12
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Armstrong County Local Rules of Judicial Administration 13
Beaver County Rules of Civil Procedure 13Beaver County Rules of Criminal Procedure 13Beaver County Orphans’ Court Rules 13Beaver County Rules of Judicial Administration 13Bedford County Rules of Civil Procedure 13Berks County Rules of Civil Procedure 13Berks County Rules of Criminal Procedure 13Berks County Orphans’ Court Rules 13Berks County Rules of Judicial Administration 13Blair County Local Rules 13Bradford County Rules of Civil Procedure 13Bradford County Rules of Criminal Procedure 14Bradford County Orphans’ Court Rules 14Bucks County Rules of Civil Procedure 14Bucks County Orphans’ Court Rules 14Butler County Rules of Civil Procedure 14Butler County Rules of Criminal Procedure 14Cambria County Rules of Civil Procedure 14Cambria County Rules of Criminal Procedure 14Cambria County Orphans’ Court Rules 14Cameron and Elk Counties Local Civil Rules 14Cameron and Elk Counties Rules for Magisterial
District Judges 14Carbon County Rules of Civil Procedure 14Carbon County Rules of Criminal Procedure 15Carbon County Orphans’ Court Rules 15Carbon County Local Rules of Judicial
Administration 15Centre County Civil Local Rules 15Chester County Rules of Civil Procedure 15Chester County Rules of Criminal Procedure 15Chester County Orphans’ Court Rules 15Clarion County Rules of Civil Procedure 15Clarion County Rules of Criminal Procedure 15Clarion County Orphans’ Court Rules 15Clearfield County Rules of Civil Procedure 15Clearfield County Orphans’ Court Rules 15Clinton County Rules of Civil Procedure 16Clinton County Rules of Criminal Procedure 16Clinton County Orphans’ Court Rules 16
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Clinton County Rules of Miscellaneous Procedure 16Columbia and Montour Counties Rules of Civil
Procedure 16Crawford County Rules of Civil Procedure 16Crawford County Rules of Criminal Procedure 16Crawford County Orphans’ Court Rules 16Cumberland County Rules of Procedure 16Cumberland County Orphans’ Court Rules 16Dauphin County Rules of Civil Procedure 16Dauphin County Orphans’ Court Rules 16Dauphin County Rules for Magisterial District
Judges 17Delaware County Rules of Civil Procedure 17Delaware County Orphans’ Court Division Rules 17Elk County [see Cameron and Elk Counties] 17Erie County Rules of Civil Procedure 17Fayette County Rules of Civil Procedure 17Fayette County Rules of Criminal Procedure 17Fayette County Orphans’ Court Rules 17Fayette County Rules of Judicial Administration 17Forest County [see Warren and Forest Counties] 17Franklin and Fulton Counties Rules of Civil
Procedure 17Franklin and Fulton Counties Rules of Criminal
Procedure 17Franklin and Fulton Counties Orphans’ Court Rules 17Franklin and Fulton Counties Rules of Juvenile
Procedure 18Franklin and Fulton Counties Rules of Judicial
Administration 18Fulton County [see Franklin and Fulton Counties] 18Greene County Rules of Civil Procedure 18Greene County Rules of Criminal Procedure 18Greene County Orphans’ Court Rules 18Greene County Rules of Judicial Administration 18Huntingdon County 18Indiana County Rules of Civil Procedure 18Indiana County Orphans’ Court Rules 18Jefferson County Rules of Civil Procedure 18Jefferson County Orphans’ Court Rules 18Juniata County [see Perry and Juniata Counties] 19Lackawanna County Rules of Civil Procedure 19
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Lackawanna County Rules of Criminal Procedure 19Lackawanna County Orphans’ Court Rules 19Lackawanna County Rules of Civil Procedure Governing
District Justice Proceedings 19Lancaster County Rules of Civil Procedure 19Lancaster County Rules of Criminal Procedure 19Lancaster County Orphans’ Court Rules 19Lancaster County Rules for Constables and Magisterial
District Judges 19Lawrence County Rules of Civil Procedure 19Lawrence County Rules of Criminal Procedure 19Lawrence County Rules of Judicial Administration 19Lebanon County Rules of Civil Procedure 20Lebanon County Rules of Criminal Procedure 20Lebanon County Orphans’ Court Rules 20Lehigh County Rules of Civil Procedure 20Lehigh County Rules of Criminal Procedure 20Lehigh County Orphans’ Court Rules 20Lehigh County Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure 20Lehigh County Rules of Judicial Administration 20Luzerne County Rules of Civil Procedure 20Luzerne County Rules of Criminal Procedure 20Luzerne County Orphans’ Court Rules 20Luzerne County Rules of Judicial Administration 20Lycoming County Rules of General Court Business 21Lycoming County Rules of Civil Procedure 21Lycoming County Rules of Criminal Procedure 21Lycoming County Orphans’ Court Rules 21McKean County Rules of Civil Procedure 21McKean County Rules of Criminal Procedure 21McKean County Orphans’ Court Rules 21Mercer County Rules of Civil Procedure 21Mifflin County Local Rules 21Mifflin County Rules of Criminal Procedure 21Monroe County Rules of Civil Procedure 21Monroe County Orphans’ Court Rules 21Montgomery County Rules of Civil Procedure 22Montgomery County Orphans’ Court Rules 22Montgomery County Juvenile Court Rules 22Montour County [see Columbia and Montour
Counties] 22Northampton County Rules of Civil Procedure 22
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Northampton County Rules of Criminal Procedure 22Northampton County Orphans’ Court Rules 22Northumberland County Rules of Civil Procedure 22Northumberland County Rules of Criminal
Procedure 22Northumberland County Orphans’ Court Rules 22Perry and Juniata Counties 22Philadelphia County Rules of Civil Procedure 22Philadelphia County Rules of Criminal Procedure 23Philadelphia County Orphans’ Court Rules 23Philadelphia County Municipal Civil Practice Rules 23Pike County General Local Rules 23Potter County Local Rules 23Schuylkill County Rules of Civil Procedure 23Schuylkill County Rules of Criminal Procedure 23Schuylkill County Orphans’ Court Rules 23Schuylkill County Rules of Criminal Procedure for
Magisterial District Judge Courts 23Snyder and Union Counties Rules of Civil Procedure 23Snyder and Union Counties Rules of Criminal
Procedure 23Snyder and Union Counties Orphans’ Court Rules 23Somerset County Rules of Civil Procedure 24Somerset County Rules of Criminal Procedure 24Somerset County Orphans’ Court Rules 24Somerset County Rules of Judicial Administration 24Sullivan and Wyoming Counties General Rules 24Sullivan and Wyoming Counties Rules of Civil
Procedure 24Sullivan and Wyoming Counties Rules of Criminal
Procedure 24Sullivan and Wyoming Counties Orphans’ Court
Rules 24Susquehanna County Rules of Civil Procedure 24Susquehanna County Rules of Criminal Procedure 24Susquehanna County Orphans’ Court Rules 24Tioga County Rules of Civil Procedure 24Tioga County Rules of Criminal Procedure 25Tioga County Orphans’ Court Rules 25Tioga County Rules Governing District Justices 25Tioga County Rules of Judicial Administration 25Venango County Rules of Civil Procedure 25
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Venango County Rules of Criminal Procedure 25Venango County Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure 25Warren and Forest Counties Rules of Civil Procedure 25Warren and Forest Counties Rules of Criminal
Procedure 25Warren and Forest Counties Orphans’ Court Rules 25Washington County Rules of Civil Procedure 25Washington County Rules of Criminal Procedure 25Washington County Orphans’ Court Rules 26Wayne County Rules of Civil Procedure 26Westmoreland County Rules of Civil Procedure 26Westmoreland County Rules of Criminal Procedure 26Westmoreland County Orphans’ Court Rules 26Westmoreland County Rules of Judicial
Administration 26Wyoming County [see Sullivan and Wyoming
Counties] 26York County Rules of Civil Procedure 26York County Rules of Criminal Procedure 26York County Orphans’ Court Rules 26York County Rules of Judicial Administration 26York County Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure—
Dependency 26
1‐5 [5] Other Pennsylvania Citations 27Pennsylvania Bulletin 27Pennsylvania Code 27Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly 27
1‐5 [6] U.S. Cases 27U.S. Supreme Court 27U.S. Courts of Appeals 27U.S. District Courts 28U.S. Bankruptcy Court 28U.S. Tax Court 28U.S. Court of Federal Claims 28Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 28National Labor Relations Board 29Military Service Courts of Criminal Appeals 29
1‐5 [7] Federal Statutes 29Acts 29United States Code 29
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United States Code Annotated 29United States Code Service 29United States Code Unannotated 29
1‐5 [8] Federal Rules 29Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 29Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 30Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 30Federal Rules of Evidence 30Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 30Third Circuit Local Appellate Rules 30Third Circuit Miscellaneous Local Rules 30Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 30Local Criminal Rules of the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 30Local Bankruptcy Rules of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 30Local Bankruptcy Forms of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 30Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania 30Local Criminal Rules of the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 31Local Bankruptcy Rules of the United States District
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 31Local Bankruptcy Forms of the United States District
Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 31Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for
the Western District of Pennsylvania 31Local Criminal Rules of the United States District Court
for the Western District of Pennsylvania 31Local Bankruptcy Appellate Rules of the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 31
Local Admiralty Rules of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 31
Local Rules of Practice for Patent Cases before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 31
Supreme Court Rules 31Uniform Rules of Evidence 32
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1‐5 [9] Other Federal Citations 32Code of Federal Regulations 32Federal Register 32Internal Revenue Code 32Internal Revenue Rulings 32Internal Revenue Private Letter Rulings 32Internal Revenue Procedures 32Treasury Regulations 32
1‐5 [10] Constitutions 33Pennsylvania 33Federal 33
1‐5 [11] Legislative Materials 33State Bills 33Unenacted Federal Bills 33
1‐5 [12] Slip Laws 33State 33Federal 33
1‐5 [13] Secondary Source Citations 34Law Review Articles 34Restatements 34A.L.R. Annotations 34Treatises 34Internet Articles 34
1‐5 [14] Encyclopedia Citations 34American Jurisprudence, Second 34Pennsylvania Jurisprudence, Second 35Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia 35
1‐5 [15] Dictionary Citations 35Black’s Law Dictionary 35Ballentine’s Law Dictionary 35
2 Citation Rules 37
2‐1 Alphabetical Listing of Conventions 37
2‐1 [1] Abbreviations in Text Sentences and Standalone Citations 37
2‐1 [2] Acronym Forms of Names 38
2‐1 [3] Acts 39
2‐1 [4] Additional Description 39
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2‐1 [5] “of America” 39
2‐1 [6] Business Designations 40
2‐1 [7] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 40
2‐1 [8] Court Abbreviations in Cases 40
2‐1 [9] Et al. 40
2‐1 [10] Et seq. 40
2‐1 [11] “Ex parte” 41
2‐1 [12] “Ex rel.” 41
2‐1 [13] First Party Only 41
2‐1 [14] Footnote and Endnote References 41
2‐1 [15] Id. 42
2‐1 [16] Inc. 42
2‐1 [17] Initials 42
2‐1 [18] “In re” 42
2‐1 [19] Internal Revenue Code 43
2‐1 [20] Internet Citations 43
2‐1 [21] Last Names 45
2‐1 [22] Lexis and Westlaw Cites 45
2‐1 [23] Material Found Only in a Supplement 45
2‐1 [24] Order of Citations in Strings 45
2‐1 [25] Other State Cases 46
2‐1 [26] Page Numbers 46
2‐1 [27] Parenthetical Names 46
2‐1 [28] Parentheticals Denoting Multiple Decisions 47
2‐1 [29] Parentheticals Following Citation 47
2‐1 [30] Party Designations 47
2‐1 [31] Phrases of Location 47
2‐1 [32] Pinpoint Citations 48
2‐1 [33] Prior Case History 48
2‐1 [34] Section Symbol 48
2‐1 [35] Shortened Form of Case 49
2‐1 [36] Signals 49
2‐1 [37] “State of,” “City of,” etc. 49
2‐1 [38] Subsections of Statutes and Rules 50
2‐1 [39] Subsequent Case History 50
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2‐1 [40] Supra, Infra 51
2‐1 [41] The Word “The” 51
2‐1 [42] Unions as Party 51
2‐1 [43] United States 51
2‐1 [44] Unpublished/Unreported Opinions 51
2‐2 Advanced Caption Pruning: How to Distill Long, Complicated, and Just Plain Weird Captions Down to a Usable Citation Title 52
2‐2 [1] Anonymous, Inc. 53
2‐2 [2] Appeals 53
2‐2 [3] Bureaucracy Puzzles 54
2‐2 [4] Death and Taxes (Estates and Assessments) 55
2‐2 [5] Extensive Case History 56
2‐2 [6] Meet the In‐Laws 56
2‐2 [7] The Migration of the “In re” 57
2‐2 [8] Mistakes in Headers 58
2‐2 [9] The Mystery Guest 58
2‐2 [10] The Name’s the Same 59
2‐2 [11] Parenthetical Parties 59
2‐2 [12] Really Long Captions 60
2‐2 [13] Really Old Cases 60
2‐2 [14] Two for the Price of One 60
2‐2 [15] Unusual Defendants 61
2‐2 [16] Variations of Names 62
2‐2 [17] Ze End—A Cast of Thousands 64
3 Abbreviations and Terms in Citations 69
3‐1 Table of Abbreviations/Terms 71
3‐2 Abbreviations for Pennsylvania‐Specific Periodicals 84
Part Two: Text
4 General Style Guidelines 89
4‐1 “Down Style” 89
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4‐2 Clear Writing 91
4‐2.1 Legalese‐to‐English Translation Table 93
4‐2.2 A Utopian Dream 96
4‐2.3 The “Shall” Game 98
4‐2.4 The Perils of “Please” 99
4‐3 Quotations 100
4‐4 Italics 101
4‐5 Gender Neutral Language/Sexist Language 102
4‐6 The New Technology Dilemma 107
4‐6.1 Eeeeeee! How to Spell the New Technology 108
4‐6.2 Out with the Old 109
5 Grammar and Usage 111
5‐1 A Quick Grammar Reference 111
5‐1.1 Acronyms and Informal Names 111
5‐1.2 Apostrophes 112
5‐1.3 Colons 113
5‐1.4 Commas 114
5‐1.5 Headings 115
5‐1.6 Hyphens and Dashes 115
5‐1.7 Lists 115
5‐1.8 Numbers 117
5‐1.9 Quotation Marks 118
5‐1.10 Semicolons 119
5‐1.11 Slashes 120
5‐1.12 “Which” Hunts 120
5‐1.13 Woo‐“Who” 121
5‐2 Correct Usage 121
6 Typography 139
6‐1 Court Requirements 139
6‐2 Basic Typography (For those who care ...) 140
6‐2.1 Spaces 141
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6‐2.2 Quotation Marks and Apostrophes 142
6‐2.3 Underlining/Italics 142
6‐2.4 Hyphens, En, and Em Dashes 142
6‐2.5 Widow/Orphans and “Keep with Next” 143
6‐2.6 Styles and Templates 143
6‐2.7 Portable Document Format (PDF) 144
6‐3 Some Common Typographical Symbols 146
6‐4 Those Wonderful Autofeatures and How to Get Rid of Them 151
6‐4.1 Microsoft Word 2013 151
6‐4.2 Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac 156
6‐4.3 WordPerfect X6 159
6‐5 The Hazards of SkyDriving 162
Part Three: Appendices
Appendix 1 Quick‐Reference Word List 167A1‐1 A Quick Reference for Case, Spelling, and Style 168
Appendix 2 Popular Name Acts 227A2‐1 Act Names Often Improperly Cited 227A2‐2 A Cure for the Common Code 232
Appendix 3 Handy Internet Sources for Citation and Style 235
Notes 239
Index 249
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