We are writing citations for my law 261 class, and I want to see if I am going about this correctly. "1. Your case is on page 172 of the second series of the Pacific Reporter. The date is 2012 and the volume number is 109. This was decided in the Washington Supreme Court and Lauren Dennis sued Gary Nelson."

This is what I think it would be:

Dennis v. Nelson 109 Wash. P. 172 2d (2012)

This was our guideline to help us write it, we are told that Pacific Reporter is abbreviated as "P." and second series is abbreviated as 2d.

Components of a Case Citation=

1.Case Name= a. Underlined or italicized (neverboth)b.Not in allCaps c. Plaintiff and Defendant, separated by a "v." d. Set off by a comma

2.First Number= the volume number of the Reporter where the Case is located.

3.Letter Abbreviation= a. the name of the Reporter, which also denotes jurisdiction. b. Sometimes with a number andthe letter"d". This indicates which "series" it is the publication of that Reporter. Reporter volumes go from 1 through 999, then start over with a second series of volumes 1-999, and then a third series of volumes 1through 999and so on. The Second series of999volumes would be noted as "2d"and the Third series of 999 volumes would be noted as "3d".

4.Second Number= the page number in the Reporter where the case begins.

5.Additional Numbers (if any) = a. called a "pinpoint cite" b. indicates the exact page within the case you are quoting from or referencing in some way. c. leads the reader to the exact location of the material you are using

6.Parenthetical Information=a. willalways haveat least the date when the case was decided.

2b. it may also include the jurisdiction geographically or by court.

7.Parallel Citation= this includes an alternate location in another Reporter for the same case. It is the "unofficial "cite, meaning it is the Reporter that was published by a private publisher, such as West. It is not a secondary sourceit is a primary source just like the "official" citewhich gives the location of the case in the Reporter which was published under the authorization of a government entity.

Thank you for your help!