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APA Style: Legal Sources

Citing Legal Materials
Type of citation First citation in text Subsequent citations in text Parenthetical format, first citation in text Parenthetical format, subsequent citations in text
Court decisions Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (1991) Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (1991) (Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1991) (Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1991)
Statutes Criminal Code (1985) Criminal Code (1985) (Criminal Code, 1985) (Criminal Code, 1985)

"[T]he title or name of a [court] case is written in standard type in the reference list entry and in italic type in the in-text citation."

(Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 358)