BASIC FORMS OF CITATION

1. Cases

Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).
Chambers v. Nasco, Inc., 111 S. Ct. 2123 (1991).
United States v. Wilson, 117 L. Ed. 2d 593 (1992).
John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146, 159-60 (1934) (Stevens, J., dissenting).
Yee v. City of Escondido, 60 U.S.L.W. 4301 (U.S. Apr. 1, 1992).

Plyler v. Doe, 628 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1980)
Antonov v. County of Los Angeles Dept. of Pub. Soc. Servs., 103 F.3d 137 (9th Cir. 1996).

Doe v. Plyler, 458 F.Supp 569 (E.D. Tex. 1978)
Haghighi v. Russian-American Broad. Co., 945 F. Supp. 1233 (D. Minn. 1996).
Upjohn Co. v. Mova Pharm. Corp., 936 F. Supp. 55 (D.P.R. 1996).

First United Methodist Church of Seattle v. Hearing Exam'r for Seattle Landmarks Preservation
Bd., 916 P.2d 374 (Wash. 1996).
People's Org. for Wash. Energy Resources v. Utilities & Transp. Comm'n, 711 P.2d 319 (Wash. 1985).

Graves v. Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., 781 P.2d 895 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989).

2. Statutes

15 U.S.C. § 1414 (1988).
20 U.S.C.A. § 2862 (West 1990).
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Pub. L. No. 101-601, 104 Stat. 3048 (1990).
H.R. 3957, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. §2 (1990).
Social Security Act § 223(d), 42 U.S.C. § 423(d) (1988).

Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 62A 2-101 (West 1966).
W. Va. Code § 46-1-101 (1966).

3. Regulations

46 C.F.R. § 292 (1991).
Register of Government Interests in Patents, 37 C.F.R. § 7 (1991).

Wash. Admin. Code § 8-390-24-025 (1980).

4. Law Journals/Periodicals

David A. Strauss, Persuasion, Autonomy, and Freedom of Expression, 91 Colum. L. Rev. 334 (1991).
Robert F. Nagel, How Useful is Judicial Review in Free Speech Cases?, 69 Cornell L. Rev. 302 (1984).

5. Books

Henry J. Abraham, Justices and Presidents 351-56 (3d ed. 1992).
Roger A. Cunningham et al., The Law of Property § 2.3, n. 2 (1984).

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