Citation example for a United States Supreme Court case: 384 U.S. 436 Decoding the citation format:
384
U.S.
436
Volume #
Name of the set of court reporters (Abbreviated)
Page #
Federal statute example: 28 U.S.C. § 1983 Decoding the citation format:
28
U.S.C.
1983
Title #
Name of the set of statutes (Abbreviated)
Section #
Arizona statute example: A.R.S. § 13-604.01 Decoding the citation format:
A.R.S.
13-604.01
Name of the set of statutes (abbreviated)
Title-Section #
ABBREVIATION
NAME OF REPORTER
LOCATION
United States Reports
1st Floor – Ranges 24-25
S. Ct.
Supreme Court Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 23-24
L. Ed. & L. Ed. 2d
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer’s Edition
1st Floor – Range 23
U.S.L.W.
United States Law Week
Current 2 years – Reserve Collection Prior years – 2nd Floor Treatises Range 14
F., F.2d, or F.3d
Federal Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 19-22
F. Supp. or F. Supp. 2d
Federal Supplement
1st Floor – Ranges 16-19
F.R.D.
Federal Rules Decision
1st Floor – Range 16
A., A.2d
Atlantic Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 2-3
N.E., N.E.2d
North Eastern Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 6-7
N.W., N.W.2d
North Western Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 7-8
P., P.2d
Pacific Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 8-10
S.E., S.E.2d
South Eastern Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 10-11
S.W., S.W.2d
South Western Reporter
1st Floor – Ranges 11-12
So., So. 2d
Southern Reporter
1st Floor – Range 13-14
Ariz.
Arizona Reports
1st Floor – Range 28
Ariz. App.
Arizona Appellate Reports
Ariz. Adv. Rep.
Arizona Advance Reports
1st Floor – Reserve Collection
NAME OF COMPILATION
United States Code
1st Floor – Range 27
U.S.C.A.
United States Code Annotated
U.S.C.S.
United States Code Service
Arizona Revised Statutes, Annotated
1st Floor – Range 28 and Reserve Collection
A.L.R., A.L.R. 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, or Fed.
American Law Reports
1st Floor – Ranges 29-30
NAME OF ENCYCLOPEDIA
Am. Jur., Am. Jur. 2d
American Jurisprudence
1st Floor – Range 31
C.J.S.
Corpus Juris Secundum
Restatements
1st Floor – Range 31-32
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