Reading a Case Citation
How to Read a Case Citation
Reporter Title Abbreviations
Location of Reporters
West Campus Research
How to Read a Case Citation:
Example of a Case Citation: 98 S.Ct. 2733
| Volume Number | Reporter Title | Page Number |
| 98 | S.Ct. | 2733 |
Reporter Title Abbreviations:
FEDERAL
| S.Ct. | Supreme Court Reporter |
| L.Ed. | United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition |
| U.S. | United States Reports (Official edition-located in Government Documents) |
| F. | Federal Reporter |
| F.Supp. | Federal Supplement |
State
| A. | Atlantic Reporter |
| Cal.Rptr. | California Reporter |
| N.E. | North Eastern Reporter |
| N.W. | North Western Reporter |
| N.Y.S. | New York Supplement |
| P. | Pacific Reporter |
| S.E. | South Eastern Reporter |
| So. | Southern Reporter |
| S.W. | South Western Reporter |
Location of Reporters
Federal
| Supreme Court Reporter (West) | Stack 10&11 |
| United States Supreme Court Reporter (Lawyers’ Edition) | Stack 11 |
| United States Reports | Government Documents |
| Federal Reporter | Stack 9&10 |
| Federal Supplement | Stack 8&9 |
| Federal Appendix | Stack 2 |
Regional and State
| Atlantic | Stack 7 |
| California Reporter | Stack 1&2 |
| Kentucky Decisions/Kentucky Reports | Stack 1 |
| North Eastern Reporter | Stack 6&7 |
| North Western Reporter | Stack 6 |
| New York Supplement | Stack 1 |
| Pacific Reporter | Stack 5&6 |
| South Eastern Reporter | Stack 5 |
| Southern Reporter | Stack 4 |
| South Western Reporter | Stack 5 |
- Federal and state case law is available online through West Campus Research.
- You can search by keywords or natural language.
- It is recommended that you have the case citation or case number if trying to find a case through West Campus Research, keyword and natural language searching can be confusing if inexperienced in legal research.
- Find your cases through research in treatises, law reviews, and the legal search option available through GoogleScholar.
