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Volume I, Chapter §10.4
Introduction to Citation Form

Federal Cases

§10.4
		Introduction
		ViewPoint
		Labs
		Interactive Demonstration: Federal Citation Construction
		Exercise Answers: U.S. District Court Citations
		Exercise Answers: U.S. Circuit Court Citations
		Exercise Answers: U.S. Supreme Court Citations
		Exercise Answers: Federal Citations

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.

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

The 3 books on the right are the U.S. Supreme Court publications

ViewPoint

Structure of Federal District Court Citations

Structure of Federal Circuit Court Citations

Structure of Federal Supreme Court Citations

Labs

Be sure to use the Citation Labs as you progress through this chapter. Just click the Labs link at the top of the page. The first Citation Lab you might want to visit is the Federal Citation Labs.

Interactive Demonstration

Federal Citation Construction

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.