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1、Legal Citations,U.S. Supreme Court Cases,Petitioner,Respondent,Volume #,Reporter,Beginning page # of case,The U.S. Reporter is the preferred cite, but sometimes others are used instead. One is the Supreme Court Reporter. The format for this is: Teamsters v. U.S., 97 S. Ct. 1843 (1977). There is also
2、 a Lawyers Edition that is used: Teamsters v. U.S., 52, L. Ed.2nd 396.,Teamsters v. U.S., 431 U.S. 324 (1977),Year of decision,Teamsters v. U.S., 431 U.S. 324, 328 (1977),A second page number can be used to indicate the page location of a quote or specific point of law,Legal Citations (cont.),Legal
3、Citations (cont.),Glover v. Johnson, 75 F.3d 264 (6th Cir.1996),Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Cases,Appellee,Appellant,Volume #,Reporter,Beginning pg. # of case,Circuit Court,Year of decision,The terms Appellee v. Appellant are used in the Court of Appeals. Therefore, it is possible that the orde
4、r of the parties in the original case may be reversed. For instance, in a case that started as Johnson v. Glover may be reported as Glover v. Johnson in the in the Court of Appeals reporter.,1st - ME, MA, NH, PR, RI 2nd - NY, VT, CT 3rd - PA, NJ, DE, VI 4th - MD, NC, SC, VA, WV 5th - LA, TX, MS 6th
5、- MI, OH, KY TN 7th - IL, IN, WI 8th - ND, SD, MN, NE, IA, MO AR 9th - CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI 10th - CO, KS, NM, OK, UT, WY 11th - AL, GA, FL DC - DC, Tax Court, fed admin agencies. Federal - Patent, Intl Trade, Claims Court and Veterans Appeals.,Listing of Federal Circuit Court of Appea
6、ls,From: F,Federal Reporter (Cited as F.) - 1880-1924 Federal Reporter, 2d series. (Cited as F. 2d) - 1924-1993 Federal Reporter, 3d series. (Cited as F. 3d) 1993 +,Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Reporters,Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Map,Legal Citations (cont.),Federal District Court Cases,Gl
7、over v. Johnson, 478 F. Supp. 1075 (E.D.Mich.1979),Petitioner,Respondent,Volume #,Reporter,Beginning pg. # of case,District Court,Year of decision,Overall, there are 94 federal judicial districts, The number of districts vary within each State. Some states have only one district (e.g., Arizona, Colo
8、rado, Delaware), while others have multiple districts (e.g., California, Florida, Texas).,US Courts of Appeals and US District Courts Map,See details of each Court of Appeals here,Civil Rights Act of 1964, P.L. 88-353, 78 Stat. 241 1964).,Popular Name,Public Law # or Chapter #,Volume #,Title of book
9、,Page #,Year,Legal Citations (cont.) Statutes - Session Law,Stat. = Abbreviation for Statutes at Large. Session laws are passed during a given legislative session and are published in the order of their passing. These are the most authoritative version of a law (e.g., the actual wording in the sessi
10、on law is controlling).,Legal Citations (cont.) Statutes - Code,Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 1971 et seq. (1988).,Popular Name,Title # or Chapter #,Title of book,Section # or Part #,Year of compilation,U.S.C. = Abbreviation for U. S. Code. The United States Code is the collection of laws of t
11、he United States arranged within 50 topic areas. The U.S. Code is published every six years, with supplements added annually.,Means “add the following.” Used to include numbered lists, pages or sections after the first number is stated.,17 U.S.C. 102(a)(1),Citing Sections and Subsections,A 3rd suble
12、vel uses upper-case letters e.g., (B). The fourth sublevel uses lower-case roman numerals e.g., VI). Each level of organization is contained within separate parentheses. For example: 42 U. S. C. 2000e-2(k)(1)(A)(i),Subsection uses lower-case letters,Second sublevel of organization uses numbers,Legal
13、 Citations (cont.) Regulations - As Promulgated (put into action, to set forth),44 Fed. Reg. 29375 (May 18, 1979).,Volume #,Title of Book,Fed. Reg. = Abbreviation for Federal Register. The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies a
14、nd organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It is published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).,Page #,Date of publication,Legal Citations (cont.) Regulations - As Codified,42 C.F.R. 124.501 (1991).,Title #,T
15、itle of Book,Section #,Year of Compilation,C. F. R. = Abbreviation for Code of Federal Regulations. The CFR is the collection of rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Title 29 covers rules related to labor. Each CFR volume is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis. See link,
