THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
                               RUTGERS
                               NEWARK


                                   March 13, 1997 
 
ABA Citation Resolution 
Suite 4-512 
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 
Washington, D.C. 20544 
 
     This is a comment on adoption of the ABA endorsed citation 
format. 
 
     Without question, a format owned by the public and in the public 
domain is better than a proprietary set of citations. Costs will be 
less to all concerned. There will uniformity. Further, the ABA 
citations are useful in electronic format. The current proprietary 
citations are not logical in the electronic format. They result in 
delay in the production of a citation. If the ABA format is adopted, 
opinions can be released with citations affixed. 
 
                                   Sincerely, 
 
                                   Charles Davenport 
                                   Professor of Law and 
                                   Arthur L. Dickson Scholar