Local Rule LR7.4: Citation of Authority
E.D. Tenn. — Civil rule
LR7.4 Citation of Authority Citation to decisions of the United States Supreme Court shall be to the United States Reports, if therein; otherwise to the Supreme Court Reporter or the United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition. Citations to other federal decisions shall be made to the West reporter. Citations to state decisions shall be to the West regional reporter if therein; otherwise to the official state reporter. Citations to federal statutes shall include at least the title and the section designation as the statute appears in the United States Code. For authorities not available in one of the publications set forth above, citations to Westlaw, LexisNexis or other easily available non-subscription Internet legal research services will be accepted. The Court will not consider improperly cited authority.
Filing with the Court and service upon other parties of copies of cited authorities is required only when the authority is not available in one of the publications of the West Publishing Company, Westlaw, LexisNexis or other easily available non-subscription Internet legal research services. However, upon request, a party must provide to the Court or another party a copy of any authority not available in one of the publications of the West Publishing Company.