Author  : woodard@hermes.law.stetson.edu (Woodard, L.) at ~Internet
Date    : 2/24/97 3:35 PM
Priority: Normal
BCC     : CITATION at AO-OCPPO
TO      : citation@ao.uscourts.gov.uscourts.gov at ~Internet
Subject : Citation style

     As user and finder of cited cases for the past 38 years, I urge 
the federal courts to adopt a vendor neutral citation method. The 
primary citation of a case should be developed from the information 
contained in the case or assigned to it by the court clerk. It should 
be self-evident. The citation format should permit the use of 
additional citations but require the use of the court - assigned 
citation. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
J. Lamar Woodard 

Prof. J. Lamar Woodard 
Director of the Law Library 
Stetson University College of Law 
1401 61st Street South 
Gulfport (St. Petersburg) FL 33707 
 
woodard@hermes.law.stetson.edu 
Phone: 813 562 7833 
Fax: 813 345-8973 
 
     "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, 
but a habit." --- ARISTOTLE