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Law: Case Law

"The United States of America is a nation of laws: badly written & randomly enforced." Frank Zappa

Case Law in Databases

Caselaw Citations

Example:  779 P.2d 382

Volume 779 of the Pacific Reporter, 2nd series, page 382
(Colorado and other states in the region)

Other Abbreviations:

F. Supp. = Federal Supplement (U.S. District Courts)

F., F2d., F3d., = Federal Reporter (U.S. Courts of Appeal)

U.S. or L.Ed. or S.Ct. = U.S. Supreme Court Reports

For more abbreviations, see online:

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Federal Case Law in Print

State Case Law in Print