2.   ABBREVIATIONS

2.1  In Text

     Generally, do not abbreviate anything in the text or in a textual discussion in footnotes except case namesas provided by Bluebook Rule 10.2 and state agencies, commissions, and task forces as provided in Table 3.

►   The United States Supreme Court declined to rule on the constitutionality of punitive damages in Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie.

►    Jack Overstreet, Staff Director of the House Committee on Governmental Operations, told the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations that the funding for House Bill 1288 should be as approved by the House.

►    Senator Smith, in explaining the development of the bill, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that similar acts of Missouri, Texas, Oregon, and Massachusetts were considered by the Joint Committee on Administrative Procedures.

2.1.1  State Agencies, Commissions, and Task Forces

     An acronym may be used for brevity when referring to state agencies and divisions either in the text or in a textual discussion in footnotes. The acronym should be identified after the first reference to the full title of the public entity.

►    The public education campaign launched by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (DHRS) in 1988 educated elderly Floridians about services available to them.

2.2   In Footnotes and Citations                      

     Refer to Tables 1-7 for abbreviations to use in citation sentences when referencing Legislative Committees (Table 1), Legislation (Table 2), State Agencies, Commissions, and Task Forces (Table 3), Rules (Table 4), Common Words (Table 5), Florida Law Journals (Table 6), or Florida Newspapers (Table 7). For abbreviations of case names, see Bluebook table T.6.