Name the Reporter
What's the Abbr.?
Official or Unofficial
What's the court?
Potpourri
100

F. Supp. 2d

What is Federal Supplement, Second Series (WEST)

100

Miscellaneous Reports, second series

What is "Misc. 2d"?

100

New York Supplement

What is "unofficial"?

100
The Federal Reporter
What is the Circuit Court of Appeals?
100

This kind of citation shows that a single opinion has been published in two reporters.

What is a "parallel citation"?

200

U.S.

What is United States Reports?

200

The Supreme Court Reporter (West)?

What is "S. Ct."?

200
Federal Reporter, third series

What is "unofficial"?

200

The New York Supplement

What is the NYS Court of Appeals, the NY Appellate Division, and NY Trial Courts?

200

Opinions published in unofficial reporters will always be this.

What is "primary authority"?
300

N.E.3d

What is the North Eastern Reporter, third series (WEST)

300

New York Reports, third series

What is "N.Y.3d"?

300


Supreme Court Reporter

300

The Federal Supplement

What is the U.S. District Courts?

300

This is the doctrine that states that courts should decide similar cases similarly.

What is "stare decisis"?

400

A.D.2d

What is the Appellate Division Reports, second series?

400

Appellate Division Reports, second series

What is "A.D.2d"?

400

Miscellaneous Reports

What is "official"?

400

The Appellate Division Reports

What is the New York Appellate Divisions?

400


These annotations found in unofficial reporters should never be cited to in legal writing.

500
L. Ed., 2d

What is the Lawyers Edition, second series (Lexis)?

500

The North Eastern Reporter, second series

What is "N.E.2d"?

500

Appellate Division Reports

What is "official"?

500

The Lawyers Edition

What is the United States Supreme Court?

500

These types of reporters are always unofficial.

What are "regional reporters"?

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