Research Guides: Law Library: Case Reporters

Federal Case Reporter Abbreviations

Abbreviations Federal Reporters

Regional Case Reporters Abbreviations

Abbreviations Regional Reporters aka State Courts

Please Note

Cases found in case reporters are trials that been appealed to a Court of Appeals or Supreme Court either state or federal.

Case reporters publish court decisions in chronological order, as they are released by the courts, but the reporters do not include topical indexes to allow you to find those cases by topic.

Federal Case Reporters

Federal Reporters contain legal opinions decided in the United States federal courts:

U.S. Court	Title	Abbreviation	Stack Number
Supreme Court	United States Reports	U.S.	Gov. Docs. Area
	Supreme Court Reporter	S. Ct.	Stack 12
	United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition	L. Ed. L. Ed. 2d	Stack 12
Courts of Appeal	West's Federal Reporter, 3d Series	F.3d	Stack 11
	Federal Reporter, 2d Series	F.2d	Stack 11
	Federal Reporter	F.	Stack 10
District Courts	West’s Federal Supplement, 3d West's Federal Supplement, 2d Series	F. Supp. 2d/F.Supp.3d	Stack 9 and Stack 8
District Courts	Federal Supplement	F.Supp.	Stack 7

Regional Reporters

Regional Reporters contain the legal opinions of appellate state courts.

Atlantic Reporter	Stack 7	Not Kept Up to Date
California Reporter	Stack 2	Not Kept Up to Date
North Eastern Reporter	Stack 6	Not Kept Up to Date
New York Supplement	Stack 1	Not Kept Up to Date
North Western Reporter	Stack 6	Not Kept Up to Date
Pacific Reporter	Stack 5	Not Kept Up to Date
South Eastern Reporter	Stack 5	Not Kept Up to Date
South Western Reporter-- Contains Kentucky cases	Stack 4	Current