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"?