US · rules
D.N.H. LR 5.3
Citation Format for Opinions Issued by This Court
(a) Reported Opinions. Opinions that are reported in the Federal Supplement, the Federal
Rules Service, the Federal Rules Decisions, Westlaw, or Lexis shall be cited either by citing
to the reporter or service in which the opinion is published, or by using the citation format
specified in subsection (b).
(b) Opinions Published on the Court’s Web Site and Issued After January 1, 2000.
Opinions that are published on the court’s web site (www.nhd.uscourts.gov) and issued after
January 1, 2000, which are accessible without charge, may be cited using the four-digit year
in which the opinion is issued, the letters “DNH,” the three-digit opinion number located
below the docket number on the right side of the case caption and, where reference is made
to specific material within the opinion, the page number that appears in the Portable
Document Format (PDF) version of the opinion that is available on the court’s web site, e.g.,
United States v. Smith, 2000 DNH 001, 6.
(c) Unreported Opinions. All other opinions shall be cited using the citation form for
unreported decisions suggested in the Blue Book.
History
(Added 1/1/01; amended 12/1/18)
Provenance
- Source
- www.nhd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
- Content hash
979ab4ebbeabbdf22eee3a7cad55a3f7fcbef0ad68be8ebcfa419c81110fed94
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