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Law 11

Law 11. Federal and State Cases and the Reporter System. My Website. www.elcamino.edu/faculty/vtpham/. U.S. Supreme Court Cases. Available through: United States Reports (official edition) Supreme Court Reporter (West) United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition (LexisNexis)

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Law 11

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  1. Law 11 Federal and State Cases and the Reporter System

  2. My Website • www.elcamino.edu/faculty/vtpham/

  3. U.S. Supreme Court Cases • Available through: • United States Reports (official edition) • Supreme Court Reporter (West) • United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition (LexisNexis) • Other looseleaf reporters and electronic services

  4. Federal Reporters • Collects the opinions of the Federal Courts of Appeals

  5. Supreme Court Reporter • Published by West Group • Includes full opinion • Adds editorial features • Syllabus • Headnotes • Topics • Key Numbers

  6. New Court Opinions • Initially issued separately as slip opinions • Includes syllabus, summary of facts • Subject to correction by the Court prior to publication in the Reports • Slip opinions compiled and published in advance sheets

  7. Electronic Access • Westlaw and LexisNexis both publish court opinions electronically • Star Pagination is added so that users can locate where the exact pages of the reporters appear on the screen

  8. State Court Cases • Official Reports are case reporters sanctioned by statutes • Unofficial Reports are private publications of cases that are not legislatively endorsed.

  9. State Reporters • California Reports • Official publication for cases decided in the CA Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal • Now in 4th Series • California Reporter • Unofficial reporter published by West Group • 3rd Series

  10. National Reporter System • Published by West Group • Contains cases of • State courts • Federal courts • Special courts • Groups together cases from several adjacent states • North Western Reporter • Pacific • North Eastern • Atlantic • South Western • Southern • South Eastern

  11. National Reporter System • Includes • Headnotes with key numbers • Synopsis • Digest containing the key numbered headnotes • Table of Cases • Table of Statutes • List of Words and Phrases defined in cases reported • Advance Sheets are also published

  12. Parallel Citations • Because cases can appear in more than one Report or Reporter, there may be several citations that refer to the same case. These are parallel citations. • There are different ways of finding parallel citations: • National Reporter Blue Book • Shepard’s Citations • KeyCite (Westlaw) or Auto-Cite, LEXSEE or Shepard’s (Lexis) • Table of Cases (in state or regional digest)

  13. Citation Form for Cases (Rule 10.2; B5.1.1) • Don’t use large and small capital letters as dictated by The Bluebook. • Case names may be underscored or italicized. • When underscoring, underscore the entire case name using a solid unbroken line, including the “v.” (B5.1.1) and any procedural phrase such as “In re.” • The “v.” in a case citation is always a lowercase letter followed by a period. • Give last names only of the parties in the case, but always reproduce the entire business name even if its name includes a person’s name.

  14. Citation Form for Cases (Rule 10.2; B5.1.1) • If there are multiple plaintiffs and defendants, list only the first plaintiff and the first defendant. Don’t indicate that there are multiple parties by using an expression such as “et al.” • Do not identify the status of a party by including a term such as “plaintiff,” “trustee,” or “executor.” • If court rules require parallel citations, you must give them the official citation first, followed by the unofficial citations(s)

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