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Citation Abbreviations for Law Sources

The following is a listing of citation abbreviations you will encounter when doing law research. Those sets held at RIT Library are listed in bold type with call number and holdings information at the right.

If a set is "parallel", i.e. same text but different publisher, you are referred to the set held at Wallace. For court decisions, you may first have to check the name of the case against the TOC-Table of Cases in the Digest-Index. You are also referred to LexisNexis or Westlaw where appropriate.

ABBREV.

FULL TITLE

SET to USE or CHECK

A2d

Atlantic Reporter 2d (regional state cases)

on Westlaw
not at Wallace or on LexisNexis

AD2d

N.Y. Supreme Court, Appellate Division

in RIT Library; check West's NY Digest Table of Cases by case name for N.Y.S.2d equivalent or use LexisNexis or Westlaw

ALR Fed

American Law Reports Federal

KF132.A47 thru 2000
on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

ALR 2nd

American Law Reports 2nd series

Not in RIT Library or LexisNexis,
but on Westlaw

ALR 3rd

American Law Reports 3d series

KF132.A475 thru 2000
on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

ALR 4th

American Law Reports 4th series

KF132.A48 thru 2000
on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

ALR 5th

American Law Reports 5th series

KF132.A482 thru 2000
on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

Am. Jur.

American Jurisprudence (law encyclopedia)

REF KF154.A42
and on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

CLS

Consolidated Law Service

see N.Y. Statutes

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

REF KF70.A3
on LexisNexis and Westlaw

CJS

Corpus Juris Secundum (law encyclopedia)

use American Jurisprudence instead

F.2d or F.3d

Federal Reporter (U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals)

on LexisNexis - Federal Case Law; on Westlaw; not at RIT Library

F.Supp.2d

Federal Supplement (U.S. District Courts)

on LexisNexis - Federal Case Law; on Westlaw; not at RIT Library

LEd-LEd2d

US Supreme Court Reports,
Lawyers' ed.

REF KF101.A313
and on Westlaw and LexisNexis

Misc.2d

N.Y. Courts (lowest court level)

check West's NY Digest Table of Cases by case name for N.Y.S.2d equivalent or use LexisNexis or Westlaw

NE2d

North Eastern Reporter, 2d (reg'l state cases)

on Westlaw
not at RIT Library or on LexisNexis

NLRB

National Labor Relations Board, Decisions

not at Wallace; on web at
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/legal/decisions/

NW2D

North Western Reporter, 2d (regional state cases)

on Westlaw
not at RIT Library or on Lexis/Nexis

N.Y. CLS Exec. Law

N.Y. Statutes, Consolidated Law Service, (abbrev. for subject of vol.)

REF KFN5030 1976.A23
and on LexisNexis and Westlaw

N.Y.2d

N.Y. Court of Appeals (highest court level)

check West's NY Digest Table of Cases by case name for N.Y.S.2d equivalent or use LexisNexis or Westlaw

N.Y.S.2d

N.Y. Supplement, 2nd series

REF KFN5045.A333 1928-
and on LexisNexis and Westlaw

NYCRR

N.Y. Official Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations

REF KFN5005.N49
and on Westlaw but not on LexisNexis

N.Y. Jur.

New York Jurisprudence (encyclopedia)

REF KFN5065.N48
not on LexisNexis or Westlaw

P.2d

Pacific Reporter. 2d (regional state cases)

on Westlaw
not at RIT Library or on Lexis/Nexis

P.L.

Public Law. U.S.

use USCCAN in RIT Library or Westlaw by cite
not on LexisNexis

S.Ct.

U.S. Supreme Court Reports (West publ.)

Check Supreme Court Digest Table of Cases by case name for LEd. equivalent or use LexisNexis or Westlaw

SE2d

South Eastern Reporter, 2d (regional state cases)

on Westlaw
not at RIT Library or on LexisNexis

Stat.

Statutes at Large (gov't ed. of laws enacted by year)

use USCCAN (Stat. citation at bottom of page) in RIT Library or Westlaw, not on LexisNexis

SO2d

Southern Reporter, 2d (reg. state cases)

on Westlaw
not at RIT Library or on Lexis/Nexis

U.S.

U.S. Supreme Court Reports (US gov't ed.)

check Supreme Court Digest Table of Cases by case name for LEd. equivalent or use LexisNexis or Westlaw

U.S.C.

United States Codes (gov't ed.)

use USCS equivalent or LexisNexis or Westlaw

U.S.C.A.

United States Code Annotated (West ed.)

use USCS equivalent or LexisNexis or Westlaw

USCCAN

U.S. Code, Congressional & Administrative News, (laws published chronologically by year & session of Congress; include legislative history)

REF KF62.A3W44 1965- P.L. citation indicates the number of the Congress not the year - also on Westlaw, not on LexisNexis

USCS

United States Code Service (Lexis publ)

REF KF62 1972.L38
and on LexisNexis and Westlaw

Compiled by Linda Coppola