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.

The image is a collection of federal case law reporters, one volume each from the major reporters.




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Citations At-a-Glance Sheet
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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







Gallery: Federal Case Law

















Federal Circuit Map

Located in the back of your textbook.



Federal Supplement

Contains cases (court opinions) from the U.S. District Court








Fedearl Reporter

Cases from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. There are 3 series.







U.S. Supreme Ct. Publications

The 3 publications that report U.S. Supreme Court Cases.






Bankruptcy Law Reporter

Publishes cases from the Federal Reporter Series that pertain to bankruptcy law







Federal Rules Decisions

Collection of cases pertaining to the application of Federal Rules.







Military Justice Reporter

Publishes case pertaining to military tribunals.






Federal Appendix

Publishes cases that have been marked as "Not for Publication" by the Federal courts.









Court of Claims Reporter

The U.S. Court of Claims publishes its opinions in this book.

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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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Exercise Answers

Intro

US District

US Circuit

US Supreme

Federal Citations

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