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Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court are published in one official reporter and two unofficial reporters, which are, respectively, the <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Reports" title="United States Reports">United States Reports</a></i>, <i>Supreme Court Reports</i> (a National Reporter System member published by West), and the <a href="/wiki/Lawyers%27_Edition" title="Lawyers' Edition">United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition</a>. </p><p>Beginning in 1932, West stopped publishing federal district court cases in the <i>Federal Reporter</i> and began to publish them in a separate reporter, the <i><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supplement" title="Federal Supplement">Federal Supplement</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OlsonPage185_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlsonPage185-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features_and_print_format">Features and print format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Reporter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features and print format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Federal Reporter</i> organizes court opinions within each volume by the date of the decision, and includes the full official text of the court's opinion. West editors add headnotes that summarize key principles of law in the cases, and Key Numbers that classify the decisions by topic within the <a href="/wiki/West_American_Digest_System" title="West American Digest System">West American Digest System</a>. </p><p>Only decisions designated by the courts as "for publication—those with full <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">precedential</a> value for which citation in court filings is permissible—are included in the <i>Federal Reporter</i>. "Unpublished" decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals may be found in the <i><a href="/wiki/Federal_Appendix" title="Federal Appendix">Federal Appendix</a></i>, also published by West. New opinions are first issued by West in weekly pamphlets called "Advance Sheets", to be eventually supplanted by the final hardbound, successively numbered volumes. 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_Reporter,_Second_Series"><span id="Federal_Reporter.2C_Second_Series"></span><i>Federal Reporter, Second Series</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Reporter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Federal Reporter, Second Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td>Citation: <b>F.2d</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Published: 1924–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Volumes: 999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Courts covered: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia</a> (until 1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Claims_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Claims (United States)">Court of Claims</a> (abolished in 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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has also ruled that Lexis can copy the page numbers from the <i>Federal Reporter</i> to allow for proper citation without violating West's copyright.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Reporter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OlsonPage185-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OlsonPage185_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OlsonPage185_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OlsonPage185_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOlson1999" class="citation book cs1">Olson, Kent C. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BP5C6os40ToC&pg=PA185"><i>Legal Information How to Find It, How to Use it</i></a>. Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press. p. 185. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780897749633" title="Special:BookSources/9780897749633"><bdi>9780897749633</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Legal+Information+How+to+Find+It%2C+How+to+Use+it&rft.place=Phoenix%2C+Arizona&rft.pages=185&rft.pub=Oryx+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9780897749633&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=Kent+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBP5C6os40ToC%26pg%3DPA185&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFederal+Reporter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BarkanPage68-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BarkanPage68_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarkanBintliffWhisner2015" class="citation book cs1">Barkan, Steven M.; Bintliff, Barbara A.; Whisner, Mary (2015). <i>Fundamentals of Legal Research</i> (10th ed.). St. Paul: Foundation Press. p. 68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781609300562" title="Special:BookSources/9781609300562"><bdi>9781609300562</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fundamentals+of+Legal+Research&rft.place=St.+Paul&rft.pages=68&rft.edition=10th&rft.pub=Foundation+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=9781609300562&rft.aulast=Barkan&rft.aufirst=Steven+M.&rft.au=Bintliff%2C+Barbara+A.&rft.au=Whisner%2C+Mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFederal+Reporter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This court was redesignated as the <i>United States Court of Federal Claims</i> in 1993.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was subsequently merged into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">United States district court opinions after 1932 are covered in the <i><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supplement" title="Federal Supplement">Federal Supplement</a></i>, also published by West.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <cite><i>Matthew Bender & Co. v. 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