User talk:Smperle

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Wilk v. AMA
About the name of the Wilk case: You're completely wrong. In American law, there is a difference between the name of cases as given in the official reporter and the name that is cited in other cases. The full names of all parties on each side are usually given in the caption in the case reporter, but for conciseness, only the first party on each side is cited.

As Section 10.2.1 of the Bluebook explains, "Omit words indicating multiple parties, such as 'et al.'" The reason for this rule is that nearly every case always includes multiple parties on at least one side, so it makes no sense to constantly mention "et al." in citations, which would make them even longer than they already are.

I recommend the Legal Research book from Nolo Press if this is hard to understand.--Coolcaesar 05:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)