§10.3
		Introduction
		ViewPoint
		Labs
		Interactive Demonstration: State Citation Construction
		Exercise Answers: Short Form State Citation
		Exercise Answers: State Case Citations

Introduction
Short form is more and more popular with attorneys, but Bluebook form states that long form should be used if parallel cites exist. Once you master state citation long and short forms, you will find most other citations relatively simple.

STATE CITATIONS: Short Form
Some states either never published or have stopped publishing the official publication for their states. For instance, Colorado stopped publishing official reports in 1981. This means that any case published after 1981 will have only the unofficial cite.

Smith v. Jones, 535 P.2d 570 (1996)

But this is not an appropriate cite. The problem is that we can no longer tell what court decided the case by the abbreviation. We must therefore tell the reader in parenthesis.

Smith v. Jones, 535 P.2d 570 (Colo. 1996)