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Second series
3d
Third series
A.
Atlantic Reporter
N.E.
Northeast Reporter
N.M.
New Mexico Reports
N.W.
Northwest Reporter
P.
Pacific Reporter
S.
Southern Reporter
S.E.
Southeastern Reporter
S.W.
Southwestern Reporter
Cal.Rptr.
California Reporter
N.Y.S.
New York Supplement
F. Supp.
Federal Supplement
F.
Federal Reporter
U.S.
U.S. Reports
S.Ct.
Supreme Court Reporter
L.Ed.
U.S. Reports, Lawyer’s Edition
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(this is the same statute, one entry is
in NM Reports and the other in Pacific Reporter)
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body of writing: use the “Blue Book”, which is titled A Uniform System of Citation (Ref KF245 U55).
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