National Reporter System

West's National Reporter System (NRS) is a set of law reports for both federal courts and appellate state courts in the United States. It started with the North Western Reporter in 1879 which has its origin in The Syllabi (1876, LCCN 2010-213400).

Federal reporters include:

Title	Abbreviation	Years	Volumes	LCCN
Supreme Court Reporter	S.Ct.	1882–	1–	LCCN 99-000537
Federal Reporter	F.	1880–1924	1–300	LCCN 99-004395
Federal Reporter, second series	F.2d	1924–1993	1–999	LCCN 79-641716
Federal Reporter, third series	F.3d	1993–	1–	LCCN 90-657017
Federal Supplement	F.Supp.	1932–1997	1–999	LCCN 33-014431
Federal Supplement, second series	F.Supp.2d	1997–	1–	LCCN 89-642487
Federal Rules Decisions	F.R.D.	1941–	1–	LCCN 90-657008
Federal Appendix	Fed.Appx.	2001 -	1-

For the purpose of state court reporting the 50 states and the District of Columbia are divided into seven regions as follows:

Title	Abbreviation	Years	Volumes	LCCN	States covered
Atlantic Reporter	A.	1885–1938	1–200	LCCN 75-641819	CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, NH, NJ, PA, RI, VT
Atlantic Reporter, second series	A.2d	1938–2010	1–999	LCCN 39-006316	CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, NH, NJ, PA, RI, VT
Atlantic Reporter, third series	A.3d	2010	1–		CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, NH, NJ, PA, RI, VT
North Eastern Reporter	N.E.	1885–1936	1–200	LCCN 75-641653	IL, IN, MA, NY, OH
North Eastern Reporter, second series	N.E.2d	1936–	1–	LCCN 36-020384	IL, IN, MA, NY, OH
North Western Reporter	N.W.	1879–1941	1–300	LCCN 99-001342	IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI
North Western Reporter, second series	N.W.2d	1941–	1–	LCCN 42-012503	IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI
South Eastern Reporter	S.E.	1887–1938	1–200	LCCN 75-641818	GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
South Eastern Reporter, second series	S.E.2d	1938–	1–	LCCN 89-642322	GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
Southern Reporter	So.	1887–1940	1–200	LCCN 75-641740	AL, FL, LA, MS
Southern Reporter, second series	So.2d	1940–2009	1–999	LCCN 45-030734	AL, FL, LA, MS
Southern Reporter, third series	So.3d	2009–	1–	LCCN 88-647630	AL, FL, LA, MS
South Western Reporter	S.W.	1886–1928	1–300	LCCN 75-643936	AR, KY, MO, TN, TX
South Western Reporter, second series	S.W.2d	1928–1999	1–999	LCCN 88-647631	AR, KY, MO, TN, TX
South Western Reporter, third series	S.W.3d	1999–	1–	LCCN 88-647631	AR, KY, MO, TN, TX
Pacific Reporter	P.	1883–1931	1–300	LCCN 75-643937	AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, MT, NV, NM, OK, OR, UT, WA, WY
Pacific Reporter, second series	P.2d	1931–2000	1–999	LCCN 31-034985	AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, MT, NV, NM, OK, OR, UT, WA, WY
Pacific Reporter, third series	P.3d	2000–	1–	LCCN 89-647235	AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, MT, NV, NM, OK, OR, UT, WA, WY

Map of the U.S., showing areas covered by the Thomson West National Reporter System state law reports.

These regional reporters are supplemented by reporters for a single state like the New York Supplement (N.Y.S. 1888–1938; 2d 1938–) and the California Reporter (Cal.Rptr. 1959–1991; 2d 1991–2003; 3d 2003–) which cover also the decisions of lower state courts.

Indices of citations are provided by Shepard's Citations while the West American Digest System offers access by hierarchized keywords.

External links

• Map of West's National Reporter System
• Albaum, Shelly (2002-10-15). "Past, Present and Future: The National Reporter System Celebrates Historic Anniversary". LLRX.com. http://www.llrx.com/features/nationalreporter.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-17.