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United States Official State Reports

Many states have their own official state reporters, which publish decisions from one or more of their state's courts. In addition, there are also seven Regional Reporters which cover several states each. Some smaller states have stopped publishing their own official reporters and have designated the Regional Reporters as their official reporter. Where a case appears in both reporters, either citation may be used.

See the following citation guides for more detailed information on US citations: The BlueBook: a uniform system of citation, ALWD Citation Manual: a professional system of citation.

United States Official State Court Reports - Examples

Court	Title of Reporting Series	Abbreviation of Report Series	Unimelb Online Holdings	Unimelb Print Holdings	Example Citation (AGLC4 style)
New York Court of Appeals	New York Reports	NY		On microform	Palsgraf v Long Island RR Co, 248 NY 339 (1928)
Illinois Appellate Court	Illinois Appellate Court Reports	Ill App			Green v Chi Tribune Co, 286 III App 3d 1 (Ct App, 1996)

United States Regional Reporters

Court	Title of Reporting Series	Abbreviation of Report Series	Unimelb Online Holdings	Unimelb Print Holdings	Example Citation (AGLC4 style)
State courts of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont	Atlantic Reporter	A	1885-	1939-2000 1885-1938
State courts of Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio	North Eastern Reporter	NE	1885- Westlaw	1936-2000 1885-1936
State courts of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin	North Western Reporter	NW	1879- Westlaw	1942-2000 1879-1942	Beachy v Becerra, 609 NW 2d 648 (Neb, 2000)
State courts of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming	Pacific Reporter	P	1883- Westlaw	1988-2000 1931-1988 1883-1931	Burr v Maclay Rancho Water Co, 98 P 260 (Cal, 1908)
State courts of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia	South Eastern Reporter	SE	1887- Westlaw	1988-2000 1939-1988 1887-1939
State courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi	Southern Reporter	So	1887- Westlaw	1941-2000 1887-1941	Green v Chi Tribune Co, 286 III App 3d 1 (Ct App, 1996)
State courts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas	South Western Reporter	SW	1886- Westlaw	1928-2000 1886-1928

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