Introduction to legal citations and Federal Court System法律引用和联邦法院系统简介.ppt

* Legal Citations U.S. Supreme Court Cases Petitioner Respondent Volume # Reporter Beginning page # of case The U.S. Reporter is the preferred cite, but sometimes others are used instead. One is the Supreme Court Reporter.? The format for this is: Teamsters v. U.S., 97 S. Ct. 1843 (1977). There is also a Lawyers Edition that is used: Teamsters v. U.S., 52, L. Ed.2nd 396. Teamsters v. U.S., 431 U.S. 324 (1977) Year of decision Teamsters v. U.S., 431 U.S. 324, 328 (1977) A second page number can be used to indicate the page location of a quote or specific point of law Legal Citations (cont.) Legal Citations (cont.) Glover v. Johnson, 75 F.3d 264 (6th Cir.1996) Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Cases Appellee Appellant Volume # Reporter Beginning pg. # of case Circuit Court Year of decision The terms Appellee v. Appellant are used in the Court of Appeals. Therefore, it is possible that the order of the parties in the original case may be reversed. For instance, in a case that started as Johnson v. Glover may be reported as Glover v. Johnson in the in the Court of Appeals reporter. 1st - ME, MA, NH, PR, RI 2nd - NY, VT, CT 3rd - PA, NJ, DE, VI 4th - MD, NC, SC, VA, WV 5th - LA, TX, MS 6th - MI, OH, KY TN 7th - IL, IN, WI 8th - ND, SD, MN, NE, IA, MO AR 9th - CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI 10th - CO, KS, NM, OK, UT, WY 11th - AL, GA, FL DC - DC, Tax Court, fed admin agencies. Federal - Patent, Intl Trade, Claims Court and Veterans Appeals. Listing of Federal Circuit Court of Appeals From: F Federal Reporter (Cited as F.) - 1880-1924 Federal Reporter, 2d series. (Cited as F. 2d) - 1924-1993 Federal Reporter, 3d series. (Cited as F. 3d) – 1993 + Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Reporters ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Map Legal Citations (cont.) Federal District Court Cases Glover v. Johnson, 478 F. Supp. 1075 (E.D.Mich.1979) Petitioner Res