Interpreting legal Citations

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Interpreting Legal Citations

Regular (Non-legal) Citation
J. Env. Eng. -- 109:1 -- (Feb. 1986) -- p.12 source -- volume : number -- date -- page
Legal Sources
U.S. Code Service Citation (USCS and USC use the same numbering) 15 -- USCS -- 1392 volume -- source -- section/part
Code of Federal Regulations
49 -- CFR -- 571 volume -- source -- section/part
Federal Register
57 -- FR -- 41731 volume -- source -- page
Case Law Citation
Brown v. State of Alaska, 396 -- US -- 921, 90 -- S.Ct. -- 252 case name , vol. -- source -- page, parallel citation

The parallel citation simply references another source for the same case.