How do you read a citation in law?
How do you read a citation in law?
Reading a Case Citation
- the names of the parties involved in the lawsuit.
- the volume number of the reporter containing the full text of the case.
- the abbreviated name of that case reporter.
- the page number on which the case begins the year the case was decided; and sometimes.
- the name of the court deciding the case.
How do you pronounce V in legal cases?
In the United States, there is no consensus on the correct pronunciation of the abbreviation v….Moderato con anima (English Only)
- Civil cases are pronounced with “and”.
- Criminal cases are pronounced with “against”.
- Versus and vee are incorrect.
What does V mean in court cases?
In common law countries with an adversarial system of justice, the names of the opposing parties are separated in the case title by the abbreviation v (usually written as v in Commonwealth countries and always as v. in the U.S.) of the Latin word versus, which means against.
What does so 2d mean?
the Southern Reporter Second
Is there a space between so 2d?
2d” for the Southern Reporter, Second Edition, and another document uses “So. 2d” (without a space), an individual document should be internally consistent.
What are the special titles given to the two sides in a Supreme Court case?
“Petitioner” refers to the party who petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case. This party is variously known as the petitioner or the appellant. “Respondent” refers to the party being sued or tried and is also known as the appellee.
How does Supreme Court select cases?
Typically, the Court hears cases that have been decided in either an appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals or the highest Court in a given state (if the state court decided a Constitutional issue). The Supreme Court has its own set of rules. According to these rules, four of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case.
How long does it take the Supreme Court to decide a case?
about six weeks
