Subject:  uniform system of electronic citation
Date:     Fri, 14 Mar 1997 18:47:29 EST
From:     pgh52@juno.com (Paul G. Hughes)
To:       citation@teo.uscourts.gov

     With respect to your request for comments regarding whether the 
federal courts should adopt the American Bar Association resolution 
on a form of electronic citations for court decisions, I believe that 
a requirement imposed on each court to number the paragraphs in each 
opinion and to provide a single, authoritative citation at the time 
that an opinion was issued would be most beneficial to attorneys 
relying upon electronic research capabilities.

     I would have liked to have known of your desire to solicit 
comments on this subject sooner, but the lack of publication of your 
request for comments in non American Bar Association publications 
prevented me from becoming aware of it until today. If you want to 
get comments from all lawyers rather than only American Bar 
Association members and people who routinely use computers for 
reviewing developments in the profession, you should consider 
enlisting the help of the state bar associations and trial lawyer and 
defense Associations.