Bluebook Citation Generator

This tool formats three common categories of U.S. federal authority under the current 22nd edition of The Bluebook. It asks for legal metadata directly instead of trying to turn ordinary website fields into a legal citation.

• Reported federal cases: U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuit, and federal district decisions in the reporters listed in the form.
• Federal statutes: one codified section of the United States Code (U.S.C.).
• Federal regulations: one codified section of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) and the annual edition consulted.

Enter the details manually. The generator does not look up a URL, determine whether an authority remains current, abbreviate a case name, produce short forms, or cover state authorities, slip opinions, unpublished cases, public laws, the Federal Register, court rules, constitutions, treaties, or administrative decisions. Those sources need rules and fields beyond this first verified release.

1. Choose the authority type. Select a reported federal case, U.S.C. statute, or C.F.R. regulation.
2. Enter the legal details. For a case, copy the citation-ready case name, volume, reporter, first page, court, year, and optional pinpoint. For a code provision, enter the title, section, and applicable edition year.
3. Generate and verify. Copy the full citation, compare every number and abbreviation with an authoritative legal source, and apply any controlling local rule.

Nothing entered in this dedicated form is saved to citation history or sent to a legal database. If you edit a field after generating a result, generate again so the copied citation reflects the current values.

Reported federal court case

The form checks that the chosen reporter matches the selected court level. Enter the case name in citation-ready form; the tool does not apply the complete Bluebook abbreviation rules to party names.

United States Code section

Add the compilation or supplement year only when it belongs in the citation for the version you consulted. Confirm that the section is current before relying on it.

Code of Federal Regulations section

A C.F.R. citation needs the year of the annual edition consulted. Federal Register notices and proposed rules are outside this tool’s current scope.

• Copy the case name, reporter, page, court, and year from an authoritative legal source.
• Check that a pinpoint identifies the exact page supporting your proposition.
• For statutes and regulations, verify the section and the edition or supplement you actually consulted.
• Check the controlling court, journal, or instructor rules for local variations and typeface conventions.
• Use a citator or another appropriate legal research method to check current validity; this formatter does not perform that analysis.

For a worked explanation of case names, reporters, courts, years, and pinpoints, see how to cite a court case. Cornell Law School’s Basic Legal Citation provides a useful public introduction to U.S. legal citation structure.