Unless a local or state rule provides otherwise, a citation to a state-court case in a pleading, motion, or appellate brief filed in a court in the same state as the case cited requires ________________________________________.
A)A parenthetical reference to the state supreme court that issued the opinion.
B)A parenthetical reference to the judge or justice who authored the opinion.
C)A parallel citation to a regional reporter.
D)The state court docket number.

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A parallel citation to a regional reporter. Generally, a parallel citation to the same case in the appropriate regional reporter must be included in a citation to a state court case, unless a state or local rule provides otherwise.

Unless a Local or State Rule Provides Otherwise, a Citation