It’s *extremely* rare for a judge to call out a lawyer for not following Bluebook rules. But Judge Huck (S.D. Fla.) recently did just that. Here’s a footnote the Judge included in a recent order.
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Rule 10.7.1(d) now covers slave cases. (See rule in link below).
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) (enslaved party), superseded by constitutional amendment, U.S. Const. amend. XIV.
Wall v. Wall, 30 Miss. 91 (1855) (enslaved person at issue).
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Scholars are looking at the number of legal cases used as precedent dating back to slave times. There are a lot of cases cited today involving people who were considered property in slavery times.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/14/1181834798/slave-cases-precedent-us-legal-system
“This forces judges and lawyers to confront the fact that they’re relying on slavery,” Simard said. “Is that the best support for their proposition?”
https://wapo.st/3p9DmL5 (gift link)
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Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that.
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https://www.npr.org/2023/06/14/1181834798/slave-cases-precedent-us-legal-system
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Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that.
#NPR #Law #LawFedi #citation #BlueBook #slavery #courts #AppellateFedi #Westlaw #LexisNexis #LegalAuthority #CaseLaw
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/14/1181834798/slave-cases-precedent-us-legal-system
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AI and The Bluebook: Why ChatGPT Falls Short of Traditional Algorithms for Bluebook Legal Citation Formatting
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AI and The Bluebook: Why ChatGPT Falls Short of Traditional Algorithms for Bluebook Legal Citation Formatting
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I'm happy to announce that my article in the North Carolina Law Review Forum is now live in its final form: Citation, Slavery, and the Law as Choice: Thoughts on Bluebook Rule 10.7.1(d). Thanks to the student editors who made this possible!
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Happy March! In celebration, I'm posting a (very long) thread from the other website. One of my favorite uses of the bird. Still makes me laugh:
https://twitter.com/djsziff/status/1366437508309901313
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Just in case you're looking for some weekend reading on citation, slavery, The Bluebook, precedent, and the nature of law, I've got a little something for you:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4350955
It's only 34 pages!
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Huh. I hadn't seen this parenthetical before. A (cleaned up) alternative?
(extraneity omitted)
From: North Carolina v. Brichikov, 2022-NCSC-140
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&pdf=41988
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From the creators of #TheNiceHouseontheLake and #Powers comes a new series devoted to the weird horror of true alien abduction stories.
Matt reviews #BlueBook #1, rating it 5/5 - kabOOOOOm! Check out the first issue on February 22, 2023!
https://kabooooom.com/2023/02/19/blue-book-1-advance-review/
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Bumping again for the Thursday crowd. Now that the bird is breaking, come chat over here!
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https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/@djsziff/109825504987029207
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And I forgot the hashtags!
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Scroll up for the good stuff!
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Indiana Court of Appeals not happy with lawyers who fail to use pin cites: https://public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/api/Document/Opinion?Id=kbhMLipdHLQ6GpDKtBwZazdem4Gl70pW8sfl-KBoX9aKMCyB1ZurTF4bF1LMxPsk0
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Don't miss the #10thHonkgKongPathologyForum, with symposia on #PediPath, #DermPath and #ChemicalPathology. I will present the new #BlueBook #PAED5 #WHOClassificationOnPaediatricTumours, and talk about #TesticularTumours in children. #GUPath #Pathology. 4th February 2023
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