Federal rules decisions reporter S superseded

Federal Statutes v vacated

SHEPARD’S Federal supplement reporter c criticized
Federal Tax d distinguished
Immigration and Naturalization e explained
Shepard’s Intellectual Property law f followed
Labor law h harmonized
Shepard’s are used to follow the history preceding a case. If Law review j dissenting opinion
a case is discussed in another case, affirmed or reversed the Lawyer’s edition reporter L limited
Shepard’s volume will state that. Use the steps below to find Military Justice reporter o overruled
Nevada reporter p parallel
informative case law relevant to your case citation.
New York supplement reporter q questioned
Northeastern reporter US cert den in Certiorari has been Denied
Use of Shepard’s Northwestern reporter US cert dis in Certiorari has been Dismissed
Pacific reporter US cert gran in Certiorari has been Granted
Match-up the citation on the spine of the appropriate Restatements US reh den Rehearing has been Denied
Shepard’s volume. Find the volume number in the range of Southeastern reporter US reh dis Rehearing has been Dismissed
volume numbers listed on the spine of the Shepard’s, then Southern reporter
open to the pages for the volume being searched. The page(s) Southwestern reporter Other materials:
will list the page numbers belonging to the case in bold Supreme Court reporter
throughout the page(s); at this point match up the rest of the Uniform commercial code How to shepardize: your guide to legal research using
citation by the page number. The names of the parties United State Patents and Trademarks Shepard's citations: Shepard's: LexisNexis, KF 245 .H59
involved also appear under the case page number. Listed United State reports
under the page number are the cases following the case cited. United States code A good place to look for brief descriptions of subjects,
United State/Federal Claims reporter topics, items, or forms that you don’t understand is an
For example if the citation being searched was 94 Nev. 90. Veteran’s reporter encyclopedia, such as American Jurisprudence, 2nd edition.
Search for volume 94 at the top of the page, then search for This encyclopedia is located on short shelf “K”, next to the
90 (page number of the case in the reporter) in bold on the Shepard’s are located at the end of the reporter set in the large pillar in the Reference section of the library. Another
page. Listed is the case page number, just below that is the reporters. For other Shepard’s not at the end of each set go to choice is Corpus Juris Secundum, which is located on short
case name Banks v. Nevada and cases following. Cited case shelf “P” or the front desk where the Shepard’s for that set may shelf “L” in the Reference Section of the library.
to citing cases that follow. be located.
If you do not understand a word or a phrase, look that word or
List of Shepard’s available in the library: Abbreviations in front of the citations give more information as
phrase up in a dictionary. The library has several
to the type of case or the following of the case.
dictionaries, such as Black’s Law Dictionary, that is available
Acts and Cases by Popular Name at the Reference Desk, or the set entitled Words and Phrases,
Atlantic reporter List of abbreviations:
Permanent Edition. Words and Phrases is located on short
Bankruptcy reporter shelf “K” in the Reference Section of the library.
California reporter a affirmed
Causes of Action cc connected case
Code of federal regulations D dismissed
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Federal Law r reversed
Federal reporter s same case