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The Federal Supplement (ISSN 1047-7306) is a case lawreporter published by West Publishing in the United States that includes select opinions of the United States district courts since 1932, and is part of the National Reporter System. Although the Federal Supplement is an unofficial reporter and West is a private company that does not have a legal monopoly over the court opinions it publishes, it has so dominated the industry in the U.S. that legal professionals uniformly cite the Federal Supplement for included decisions.[1] Approximately 40 new volumes are published per year.[1]
The Federal Supplement 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 West American Digest System.
Although opinions designated by the courts as "for publication" or "publish" are included in the Federal Supplement, West editors also select certain opinions without such a designation for publication, as part of West's editorial process. Opinions explicitly designated "not for publication" will not be selected.
Stare Decisis and Precedentedit
Unlike the "published" opinions of the United States Courts of Appeals—which are included in the Federal Reporter series and have full precedential value, binding the lower courts in the relevant judicial circuit (vertical stare decisis) and, to a lesser degree, the issuing Court of Appeals (horizontal stare decisis)—published district court opinions do not constitute binding precedent. They may, however, be viewed as more persuasive than unpublished opinions.
The Federal Supplement, including its supplementary material, is also available on CD-ROM compilations, and on West's online legal database, Westlaw. Because individual court cases are identified by case citations that consist of printed page and volume numbers, the electronic text of the opinions incorporates the page numbers of the printed volumes with "star pagination" formatting—the numbers are boldfaced within brackets and with asterisks prepended (i.e., [*4]) to stand out from the rest of the text.
Though West has copyright over its original headnotes and keynotes, the opinions themselves are public domain and accordingly may be found in other sources, chiefly Lexis, Westlaw's competitor. Lexis also copies the star paginated Federal Supplement numbering in their text of the opinions to allow for proper citation, a practice that was the subject of an unsuccessful copyright lawsuit by West against the parent company of Lexis.[2]
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^ abOlson, Kent C. (1999). Legal Information How to Find It, How to Use it. Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press. p. 185. ISBN9780897749633.
^See Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Publ. Co., 158 F.3d 693 (2d Cir. 1999).
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1047 7306 is a case law reporter published by West Publishing in the United States that includes select opinions of the United States district courts since 1932 and is part of the National Reporter System Although the Federal Supplement is an unofficial reporter and West is a private company that does not have a legal monopoly over the court opinions it publishes it has so dominated the industry in the U S that legal professionals uniformly cite the Federal Supplement for included decisions 1 Approximately 40 new volumes are published per year 1 The Federal Supplement Contents 1 Distinctions 2 Features and print format 3 Stare Decisis and Precedent 4 Series 4 1 Federal Supplement 4 2 Federal Supplement Second Series 4 3 Federal Supplement Third Series 5 Electronic sources 6 Notes 7 External linksDistinctions editBefore 1932 federal district court cases were published in the Federal Reporter which now publishes only case law from the United States Courts of Appeals and the United States Court of Federal Claims prior series had varying scopes that covered opinions of other federal courts as well The United States Reports are the official law reports of the rulings orders case tables and other proceedings of the Supreme Court of the United States Features and print format editThe Federal Supplement 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 West American Digest System Although opinions designated by the courts as for publication or publish are included in the Federal Supplement West editors also select certain opinions without such a designation for publication as part of West s editorial process Opinions explicitly designated not for publication will not be selected Stare Decisis and Precedent editUnlike the published opinions of the United States Courts of Appeals which are included in the Federal Reporter series and have full precedential value binding the lower courts in the relevant judicial circuit vertical stare decisis and to a lesser degree the issuing Court of Appeals horizontal stare decisis published district court opinions do not constitute binding precedent They may however be viewed as more persuasive than unpublished opinions Series editFederal Supplement edit Citation F Supp Published 1933 1998Volumes 999Courts covered United States district courts previously found in the Federal Reporter also published by West United States Customs Court United States Court of International Trade 1980 onward Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationFederal Supplement Second Series edit Citation F Supp 2dPublished 1998 2014Volumes 999Courts covered United States district courts United States Court of Federal Claims United States Court of International Trade Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationFederal Supplement Third Series edit Citation F Supp 3dPublished 2014 presentVolumes 633 As of August 2023 Courts covered United States district courts United States Court of Federal Claims United States Court of International Trade Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationElectronic sources editThe Federal Supplement including its supplementary material is also available on CD ROM compilations and on West s online legal database Westlaw Because individual court cases are identified by case citations that consist of printed page and volume numbers the electronic text of the opinions incorporates the page numbers of the printed volumes with star pagination formatting the numbers are boldfaced within brackets and with asterisks prepended i e 4 to stand out from the rest of the text Though West has copyright over its original headnotes and keynotes the opinions themselves are public domain and accordingly may be found in other sources chiefly Lexis Westlaw s competitor Lexis also copies the star paginated Federal Supplement numbering in their text of the opinions to allow for proper citation a practice that was the subject of an unsuccessful copyright lawsuit by West against the parent company of Lexis 2 Notes edit a b Olson Kent C 1999 Legal Information How to Find It How to Use it Phoenix Arizona Oryx Press p 185 ISBN 9780897749633 See Matthew Bender amp Co v West Publ Co 158 F 3d 693 2d Cir 1999 External links edit nbsp Works related to Federal Supplement at Wikisource Official West Publishing site for the Federal Supplement 2d Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Federal Supplement amp oldid 1194811482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
