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California Style Manual
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The <i>California Style Manual</i> was first published in 1942 by <a href="/facts/Bernard_E._Witkin/9bulbjkR">Bernard E. Witkin</a>, who was the <a href="/facts/California_Reporter_of_Decisions/uH1UukJI">California Reporter of Decisions</a> from 1940 to 1949. Originally intended primarily for court staff and the Reporter of Decisions themselves, the <i>Manual</i> soon became popular amongst attorneys. The second edition was written by William Nankervis in 1961, who served as Reporter from 1949 to 1969; the second revised and third editions were written by Robert E. Formichi in 1976 and 1986, respectively, during his term as Reporter from 1969 to 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The fourth and latest edition was published in 2000 by Edward W. Jessen, who served as Reporter from 1989 to 2014. The fifth edition will be written by Lawrence W. Striley, the current reporter of decisions since 2014, and will be published by <a href="/facts/LexisNexis/Wu7lgrWK">LexisNexis</a> under contract with the Supreme Court.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>California Style Manual (4th ed. 2000), p. iv; see Cal. Government Code § 68902 <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=68902" target="_blank">https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=68902</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.200 <a href="https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=one&linkid=rule1_200" target="_blank">https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=one&linkid=rule1_200</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>See The Bluebook v. California Style Manual, Pepperdine Law School <a href="https://community.pepperdine.edu/law/writing-center/content/bluebook-v-california-style.pdf" target="_blank">https://community.pepperdine.edu/law/writing-center/content/bluebook-v-california-style.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Cal. Style Manual (4th ed. 2000), pg. v <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Standard Agreement between Matthew Bender & Company, a member of LexisNexis Group, and the Supreme Court of California, June 21, 2017. <a href="http://access-to-law.com/elaw/contracts/CA_2017.pdf" target="_blank">http://access-to-law.com/elaw/contracts/CA_2017.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>