Legal source (MLA)

MLA-77

In-text citation (legislative act, law)

Government agencies are required to provide electronic access to certain types of public records, according to the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996.

In-text citation (court case)

In 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney declared in the case of Scott v. Sandford that blacks, whether enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the United States.

Note on legal documents

  • Titles of legislative acts (laws) are not italicized in an in-text citation or a works cited entry.
  • Titles of court cases are italicized in an in-text citation but not in a works cited entry.

Works cited entry (legislative act, law)

Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. Pub. L. 104-231. 110 Stat. 3048.

Works cited entry (court case)

Scott v. Sandford. 60 US 393. Supreme Court of the US. 1857. Legal Information Institute, Cornell U Law School, www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/60/393.

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