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Convert Bluebook to CSM

Paste a citation in Bluebook 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

  1. Paste your Bluebook citation into the converter.
  2. We detect the format and look the case up — output is always California Style Manual (4th ed.); there is no format to choose.
  3. Press Ctrl/⌘ + Enter to convert.
  4. Copy the court-ready citation for Word, with italics preserved.

Li v. Yellow Cab Co., 532 P.2d 1226 (Cal. 1975)