Citation guide
Convert ALWD Guide to CSM
Paste a citation in ALWD Guide format and get it back in California Style Manual (4th ed.) form, enriched with the official reporter volume and page your California trial-court memorandum needs under CRC 3.1113(c). We look the case up on CourtListener; if we can’t confidently match it, we tell you so rather than guess.
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How it works
- Open the converter and paste your ALWD Guide citation.
- It detects the format and looks the case up on CourtListener; the output is always California Style Manual (4th ed.), so there is no format to choose.
- Copy the court-ready citation into Word, with italics preserved.
Li v. Yellow Cab Co., 13 Cal. 3d 804 (1975)
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