Chapter 10 - Introduction to Citation Form

10.4

Federal Cases

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    INTRODUCTION

    Citations of Federal court decisions will come more easily if you have a good understanding of state citations. So before you move on to Federal citations, make sure you have at least a decent grasp of state cites.

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    Federal Case Citations
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    Structure of Federal District Court Citations
    Structure of Federal Circuit Court Citations
    Structure of Federal Supreme Court Citations




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    Federal Case Cite Construction
    Demonstration
    Federal Citation Construction




    Lecture Notes . .

    Other Federal Case Law Publications
    There are a few other publications that publish federal court opinions. Most of them are subject matter oriented, such as the Bankruptcy Reporter, the Federal Appendix, and the Military Justice Reporter to name a few.




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