Citing Government & Legal Sources

Sources to help with citing government information

Parts of Legal Citation

Citation Abbreviations for Legal Materials

The table below lists a few of the more common types of case citations for the Texas region. Complete legal citations give the volume, source, then page number (100 U.S. 124). Also see Abbreviations and Omissions Used in Citations (Cornell)

Citation Abbreviations

Citation Abbreviation	Full Name of Citation Source	Source Location and Call Number
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations (Annual Edition)	Free Government Website: govinfo
CJS	Corpus Juris Secundum	See St. Mary’s University Law Library
F	Federal Reporter (West) (1880-1924, Vol. 1 - 300)	UTSA Library doesn't own these. Try St. Mary’s University Law Library
F.2d F.3d F.Supp.	Federal Reporter, second series (West) U.S. Court of Appeals from 1924-1993 and the U.S. District Court from 1924-1932. Federal Reporter, third series (West) (1993-) Federal Supplement (West) U.S. District Court 1932-present	UTSA Library doesn't own these. Try St. Mary’s University Law Library
S.Ct.	Supreme Court Reporter (West)	UTSA does not own
SW	South Western Reporter (1887-1928) (West)	UTSA does not own
SW2nd	South Western Reporter, second series (1928- ) (West)	UTSA does not own
Tex.Code Ann	Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated	UTSA does not own
U.S.	United States Reports (official)	UTSA does not own print See U.S. Supreme Court (free online)
USC	United States Code (official)	UTSA does not own print See online
USCA	United States Code Annotated (West)	UTSA does not own