APA Style 7th Edition: Citing Your Sources

Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: Guidance on legal citations. Verify legal references containing necessary information and reflect current statues of legal authority (so you're not using amended, repealed or overturned cases).

Various Examples

Court Cases

United States Supreme Court Decisions

United States v. Lane, 474 U.S. 438 (1986).

People v. Stockton Pregnancy Control Medical Clinic, 203 Cal. App. 3d 225 (Cal. App.3d 1988).

Statutes

Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, Cal. Penal Code § 11164 et seq.

Nursing Practice Act, Cal Bus & Prof Code § 2700 (2019)

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-2, 123 Stat. 5 (2009). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2008-04-24/pdf/CREC-2008-04-24-pt1-PgS3395.pdf

Legislative Material

California Fostering Connections to Success Act, Cal. Assemb. B. 12 (2010-2011), Chapter 559 (Cal. Stat. 2010)

Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act of 1993, S. 671, 103d Cong., 1st Sess. (1993).