How to cite a agency adjudication

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B14 / R14.3.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a agency adjudication, governed by B14 / R14.3. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Administrative decisions and arbitrations (NLRB, FTC, tax, labor).

Example

Trojan Transp., Inc., 249 NLRB 642 (1980).

Governing rules

B14 / R14.3

• 14.3 — administrative adjudications & arbitrations.
• 14.3.1 — names (procedural phrases omitted).
• 14.3.2 — which source to cite (official reporter, release, service).

Required elements

• Official reporter

Optional elements

• Case or party name
• Volume
• First page
• Pincite
• Case / docket number
• Deciding body
• Arbitrator — R14.3(c): the arbitrator's name goes in the date parenthetical.
• Full date
• Year
• Parallel / looseleaf citation
• Database citation
• Explanatory parenthetical
• URL

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