MLA 9th Style Guide: Legal Citation

Legal Citation

In MLA, legal citations follow the rules of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, adapted for MLA. For help, please see a librarian.

Law/Statute/Act Citation

Example

An Act to settle certain claims of the Mashantucket Pequot Indians, Pub. L. No. 98-134 Stat. 1499 (1983).

Case Citation

Example

United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education. United States Reports, vol. 347, 17 May 1954, pp. 483-97. Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/usrep347483/.