Primary and Secondary Reporters

Louisiana (LA)
http://www.lasc.org
Public domain citation format: Louisiana has adopted a public domain citation
format for cases after December 31, 1993. The format is:
State v. Ray, 97-1097 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/4/98); 705 So. 2d 1295.
State v. Ray, 97-1093, p. 2 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/4/98); 705 So. 2d 1295, 1296.
State v. Feury, 2001-0871, p. 5 (La. 10/16/01); 799 So. 2d 468, 472.
Supreme Court (La.), before 1813 the Superior Court of Louisiana (La.) and the
Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (Orleans): cite to So., So. 2d or So,
3d, if therein.
Southern Reporter
Louisiana Reports
Louisiana Annual Reports
Robinson
Louisiana Reports
Marin (Louisiana Term Reports)

1886-date
1901-1972
1846-1900
1841-1846
1830-1841
1809-1830

So., So. 2, So. 3d

La.
La. Ann.
Rob.
La.
Mart. (o.s.), Mart. (n.s.)

Court of Appeal (LA. Ct. App.): Cite to So., So. 2d, or So. 3d, if therein.
Southern Reporter
Louisiana Court of Appeals
Reports
Peltiers Decisions, Parish at
Orleans
Tessier, Orleans Court of
Appeals
Gunbys Reports
McGloin

1928-date
1924-1932

So., So. 2d, So. 3d

La. App.

1917-1924

Pelt.

1903-1917

Teiss.

1885
1881-1884

Gunby
McGl.

Statutory compilations: Cite to one of the following codes.

LexisNexis Louisiana Revised
Annotated Statutes
Wests Louisiana Revised Statutes
Annotated
Wests Louisiana Childrens Code
Annotated
Wests Louisiana Civil Code Annotated
Wests Louisiana Code of Civil

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. x:x (<year>)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. x:x (<year>)
La. Child. Code Ann. Art. X (<year>)
La. Civ. Code Ann. Art. X (<year>)
La. Code Civ. Proc. Ann. Art. X

Procedure Annotated
Wests Louisiana Code of Criminal
Procedure Annotated
Wests Louisiana Code of Evidence
Annotated

(<year>)
La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. Art. X
(<year>)
La. Code Evid. Ann. Art. X (<year>)

Session laws: Cite to La. Acts, if therein.

State of Louisiana: Acts of the
Legislature
Wests Louisiana Session Law Service
LexisNexis Louisiana Annotated
Statutes <year> Advance Legislative
Service

<year> La. Acts <page no.>

<year> La. Sess. Law Serv. <page
no.> West
<year>-<pamph no.> La. Ann.
Stat. Adv. Legis. Serv. <page no.>
(LexisNexis)

Administrative compilations: Cite to La. Admin. Code, if therein.

Louisiana Administrative Code

La. Admin. Code tit. x, x (<year>)

Administrative register
Louisiana Register

<vol. no.> La. Reg. <page no.>

(<month day, year>)

Mississippi (MS)
http://www.mssc.state.ms.us
Public domain citation format: Mississippi has adopted a public domain citation
format for cases after July 1, 1997. The format is:

Pro-Choice Miss. V. Fordice, 95=CA-00960-SCT (Miss. 1998)

Pro-Choice Miss. V. Fordice. 95-CA-00960-SCT (1) (Miss. 1998)

Supreme Court (Miss.): Cite of So., So. 2d, or So. 3d, if therein.
Southern Reporter
Mississippi Reports
23 Miss. To 254 Miss.
Smedes and Mashall
Howard
Walker

1886-date
1851-1966

So., So. 2d, So. 3d

Miss.

1843-1850
1834-1843
1818-1832

e.g., 9 Miss. (1 S. & M.)

e.g., 2 Miss. (1 Howard)
1 Miss. (1 Walker)

Mississippi Decision

1820-1885

Miss. Dec.

Court of Appeals (Miss. Ct. App.): Cite to So. 2d or So. 3d.

Southern Reporter

1995-date

So. 2d, So. 3d

Statutory compilations: cite to Miss. Code Ann. (published by LexisNexis), if

therein.
Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated
(LexisNexis)
Wests Annotated Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. x-x-x (<year>)

Miss. Code Ann. x-x-x (West
<year>)

Session laws: Cite to Miss. Laws, if therein

General Laws of Mississippi
Mississippi General Laws Advance
Sheets (LexisNexis)
Wests Mississippi Legislative Service

<year> Miss. Laws <page no.>

<year>-<pamph.no.> Miss. Laws
Adv. Sh. <page no.> (LexisNexis)
<year> Miss. Legis. Serv. <page
no.> (West)

Administrative compilation
Code of Mississippi Rules (LexisNexis)

<tit. no.>-<ch. no.> Miss. Code R.

x (LexisNexis <year>)

Administrative register
Mississippi Government Register
(LexisNexis)

<iss. no.> Miss. Govt Reg. <page

no.> (LexisNexis <month year>)

Texas
http://www.courts.state.tx.us
Supreme Court (Tex.): Cite to S.W., S.W.2d or S.W.3d., if therein.
South Western Reporter
Texas Reports
Synopses of the Decisions of

1886-date
1846-1962
1862-1865

S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d

Tex.
Robards (no vol.

the Supreme Court of Texas

Arising from Restraints by
Conscript and Other Military
Authorities (Robards)
Texas Law Review (containing
previously unpublished cases
from the 1845 term)

Digest of the Laws of Texas

(Dallams Opinions
Texas Supreme Court Journal

number)

1845-1846

1840-1844

65 Tex. L. Rev.
[e.g. Lamar v. Houston
(Tex. 1845), 65. Tex. L.
Rev. 382 (Paulsen rep.
1986)
Dallam (no vol number)

1957-date

Tex. Sup. Ct. J.

Court of Criminal Appeals (Tex. Crim App.), previously Court of Appeals (Tex.
Ct. App.): Cite to S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d, if therein
South Western Reporter
Texas Criminal Reports
Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Condensed Reports of Decisions
in Civil Causes in the Court of
Appeals (White & Willson vol. 1)
(Willson vols. 2-4)

1892-date
1892-1962
1875-1892
1883-1892

S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d

Tex. Crim.
Tex. Ct. App.
Willson

Commission of Appeals (Tex. Commn App.): Cite to S.W. or S.W.2d, if therein

South Western Reporter
Texas Reports
Texas Unreported Cases (Posey)
Condensed Reports of Decisions
in Civil Causes in the Court of
Appeals (White & Willson)

1886-1892
1918-1945
1879-1892
1918-1945
1879-1883
1879-1883

S.W.
S.W.2d
Tex.
Posey
White & W.

Court of Appeals (Tex. App.), previously Courts of Civil Appeals (Tex. Civ. App.)L
Cite to S.W., S.W.2d, or S.W.3d, if therein
South Western Reporter
Texas Civil Appeals Reports

1892-date
1892-1911

S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d

Tex. Civ. App.

Statutory compilations: Texas is nearing the completion of a recodification of its

laws. Cite to the new subject matter Tex. Code Ann., if therein; otherwise, cite to
Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Or to one of the independent codes contained in the series

Vernons Texas Civil Statutes or Vernons Texas Statutes Annotated. Note that the
independent codes are not part of the new subject-matter Tex. Code Ann.

Session laws: Cite to Tex. Gen. Laws, if therein.

General and Special Laws of the State
of Texas
Vernons Texas Session Law Service
(West)
Laws of the Republic of Texas

<year> Tex. Gen. Laws <page no.>

<year> Tex. Sess. Law Serv. <page
no.> (West)
<year> Repub. Tex. Laws <page
no.>

Administrative compilation
Texas Administrative Code (West)

<tit. no> Tex. Admin Code x.x

(<year>)

Administrative register
Texas Register (LexisNexis)

<vol. no.> Tex. Ref. <page no.>

(<month day, year>)