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APA Citation Style: Legal Citation

APA Citation Format (Commonly used for psychology and other social science papers)

Cases

Case title or name, U.S. Reports citation, year of decision, and Internet address.
Example:

Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980) [Online] Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic.

(For more information, please refer to the Publication of the American Psychological Association pp. 357-361.)

Codes

Act or Section Name, Abbreviated Citation et seq. (Edition year of the Code) Retrieved date from LexisNexis Academic database.
Example:

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq. (2006). Retrieved 13 February 2010 from LexisNexis Academic database.

(Note:from LexisNexis)