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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.

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United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition

L. Ed.
L. Ed. 2d

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Courts of Appeal

West's Federal Reporter, 3d Series

F.3d

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Federal Reporter, 2d Series

F.2d

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Federal Reporter

F.

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District Courts

West’s Federal Supplement, 3d

West's Federal Supplement, 2d Series

F. Supp. 2d/F.Supp.3d

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Federal Supplement

F.Supp.

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Regional Reporters

Regional Reporters contain the legal opinions of appellate state courts.


 

Atlantic Reporter

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Not Kept Up to Date

California Reporter

 

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North Eastern Reporter

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Not Kept Up to Date

New York Supplement

 

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North Western Reporter

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Not Kept Up to Date

Pacific Reporter

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Not Kept Up to Date

South Eastern Reporter

 

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South Western Reporter--

Contains Kentucky cases

 

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