IN RE FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.800(N), CITATIONS
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The Florida Supreme Court made permanent its proposed amendment to Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800(n) regarding citation format, making pinpoint citations to the Southern Reporter optional but preferred and requiring other citations to follow The Bluebook or Florida Style Manual.
Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800(n) is amended to make pinpoint citations to the Southern Reporter optional but preferred, and to require all other citations to follow The Bluebook or the Florida Style Manual.
[1] Pinpoint citations to the Southern Reporter in Florida appellate opinions are optional but preferred when referring to specific material within a court's opinion.
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PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to the Court’s opinion in this cause, a number of interested parties have filed comments with respect to the proposed change to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800(n) pertaining to citations. After carefully considering these comments, the Court has determined to make permanent the proposed change contained in our previous opinion. In re Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800(n), Citations, 20 Fla.L.Weekly S286 (Fla. June 15, 1995). Accordingly, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800(n) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(n) Other Citations. When referring to specific material within a Florida court’s opinion, pinpoint citation to the page of the Southern Reporter where that material occurs is optional, although preferred. All other citations shall be in the form prescribed by the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, The Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, Mass. 02138. Citations not covered in this rule or in The Bluebook shall be in the form prescribed by the Florida Style Manual published by the Florida State University Law Review, Tallahassee, Fla. 32306.
The amended rule shall become effective upon the filing of this order. GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.