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EV 271 & 374 Environmental Law & Policy

US legal resources dealing with environmental issues to aid in examining the role of policy and law in protecting the environment

Common Abbreviations

Common Legal Abbreviations: Case Reporters & Codes

Abbreviation

 Source  (Reporters = Cases; Code = Statutes)

 

F., F.2d, F.3d
F.Supp., F.Supp.2d
Fed. Reg. (or FR)
N.E., N.E.2d
C.F.R. 
C.R.S.
S.Ct.
Stat.
U.S.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.A

Federal Reporter (1st, 2nd, 3rd series)
Federal Supplement (1st & 2nd series)
Federal Register
North Eastern Reporter (1st and 2nd series)
Code of Federal Regulations
Colorado Revised Statutes
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Statutes at Large
United States Reports (official reporter for US Supreme Ct.)
United States Code
United States Code Annotated

Journal Abbreviations

Common Legal Abbreviations for Law Journals

L.
J.
Rev.

 

Law
Journal
Review

    

 

Ohio St. L. J.
Harv. L. Rev.
J. Fam. L.

 

Ohio State Law Journal
Harvard Law Review
Journal of Family Law

Reference source

Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations

   Available in print at REF KF246 .P73 1997 
   Also online via Lexis-Nexis Academic   - use Find Sources link in bottom box on Advanced Search page

Regional Reporters

Atlantic Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
North Eastern  Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio
North Western Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Pacific Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
South Eastern Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
South Western Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Tennessee
Southern Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi