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Citations
I got an email recently from someone who said my including frequent citations (e.g., "People v. Smith," "State v. Smith") is a distraction when someone is reading a post...

Blog Citations
The Race to the Bottom has an interesting June 29, 2008 posting comparing the number of blogs cited in court opinions to the number of time rockers have been cited in court decisions...

Citations the Easy Way
Bonnie Shucha of WisBlawg recently pointed her readers in the direction of a great new Firefox add-on called CiteGenie. CiteGenie describes itself as being able to: Automagically copy text with correct citations from Westlaw and other websites Cite Genie further explains: Cutting and pasting when doing legal research using your browser is simple...

Scientific Citations
Two recent reports are interesting. Check out this link to find: Top 20 Countries in ALL FIELDS, 1998-August 31, 2008 1 USA 2 GERMANY 3 ENGLAND 4 JAPAN 5 FRANCE 6 CANADA 7 ITALY 8 NETHERLANDS 9 AUSTRALIA 10 PEOPLES R CHINA 11 SPAIN 12 SWITZERLAND 13 SWEDEN 14 BELGIUM 15 SCOTLAND 16 DENMARK 17 SOUTH KOREA 18 ISRAEL 19 RUSSIA 20 INDIA SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters...

what about foreign citations?
While at the ALWD conference this weekend, I got a copy of the Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (Aspen 2009)...

Dallas PD will use citations for B misdemeanors
After initially rejecting the idea, the Dallas Police Department has decided to use new discretion for police officers approved by the 80th Texas Legislature to give citations in lieu of arrest for certain low-level misdemeanors...

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