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Federal Reporter

Federal Reporter is an edited compilation of US federal court rulings and opinions, published by West Publishing, now part of Thomson Reuters. It is published in multiple editions, initially in individual issues or online files, and later in "permanent edition" bound volumes. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Federal Reporter began in 1880. A second series began in 1924, and a third in 1993. It is still published today. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is October-December 1928 (series 2, v. 28 permanent edition), © February 8, 1929. We know of no actively copyright-renewed contributions. (More details) The judicial rulings and opinions are in the public domain, but West claims copyright over the notes it adds.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1880-1924: HathiTrust has all 300 volumes of the first series, scanned from the University of California. Volumes 47 and later in this set are the permanent edition.
• 1916: The Internet Archive also has volume 233 (permanent edition), covering August and September 1916.
• 1925-1927: HathiTrust has volumes 3-20 of the second series. Some later volumes may be searchable but not readable online here.

Official Site / Current Material

• Thomson Reuters' Federal Reporter page offers volumes from the current series for purchase.

Related Resources

• OpenJurist has many of the opinions published in the Federal Reporter (without the copyrighted notes).

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