Should Respondent Be Capitalized?
Party Designations Like Plaintiff, Defen- Dant, Appellant, or Respondent Generally Should Be Capitalized Only When Used in Lieu of a Person or Party's Proper...
Party designations like plaintiff, defen- dant, appellant, or respondent generally should be capitalized only when used in lieu of a person or party's proper name, vix.
When should defendant be capitalized?
Capitalize party designations (plaintiff, defendant, etc.) only when referring to the parties in the matter that is the subject of the document.
How do you know if a word should be capitalized?
In general, you should capitalize the first word, all nouns, all verbs (even short ones, like is), all adjectives, and all proper nouns. That means you should lowercase articles, conjunctions, and prepositions—however, some style guides say to capitalize conjunctions and prepositions that are longer than five letters.
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