Federal Supplement

Definition of Federal Supplement

Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Federal Supplement legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia

Record of opinions issued by the U.S. district court. Citations from the Federal Supplement are shown by the abbreviation F. Supp. The volume number precedes the abbreviation, which is followed by the page number. The state in which the district court issuing the opinion is located and the year of the decision are included in parentheses. Decisions of the U.S. court of appeals can be found in the Federal Reporter. The abbreviations Fed. and F.2d are used for this set of volumes, now in its second series. The court of appeals circuit number and decision date appear as part of the citation.

See Also

Citator (Law of the United States) National Reporter System (Law of the United States) United States Reports (Law of the United States).

Resources

Federal Supplement Related Resources

• Federal Supplement in the United States Legal Encyclopedia
• Judicial Effects and Policies Keywords in the United States Legal Encyclopedia
• Judicial Policies Keywords in the International Legal Dictionary

Notes

• “Federal Supplement”, The American Law Dictionary, 1991, California

Federal Supplement (Judicial Policies)