Organizational Chart of Federal Government Entities
and their Corresponding Legal Research Sources
Adapted from The Legal Research Manual, Olin Ref KF 240 W94 1988
Congress
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
Statutes at Large
("Stat.") | United States
Code
("U.S.C.") |
|
Independent
Agencies
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
Federal Register
("Fed. Reg.") | Code of Federal
Regulations
("C.F.R.") |
|
|
| President
Executive Agencies
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
Federal Register
("Fed. Reg.") | Code of Fed-
eral
Regulations
("C.F.R.") |
|
|
| Federal Courts U.S. Supreme Court |
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
U.S. Reports
("U.S.") | Supreme Court
Digest |
Supreme Court
Reporter ("S. Ct.") | Supreme Court
Digest, Lawyers'
Edition |
Supreme Court
Reports, Lawyer's Edition ("L. Ed.") | Federal Practice
Digest
3d, Federal Practice
Digest 2d,, Modern Federal Practice Digest Federal Digest Decennial Digests
|
|
| U.S. Courts of Appeal |
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
Federal Reporter,
Second Series ("F.2d") | Federal Practice
Digest,
3d |
Federal Reporter
("F.") | Federal Practice
Digest, 2d |
Federal Cases
("F. Cas.") | Modern Federal Practice Digest Federal
Digest Decennial Digests |
|
| U.S. District Courts |
| CHRONOLOGICAL | TOPICAL |
Federal Supplement,
("F. Supp.") | Federal Practice
Digest, 3d |
Federal Rules
Decisions ("F.R.D.") | Federal Practice
Digest,
2d |
Federal Reporter
Second Series ("F. 2d") | Modern Federal Practice
Digest |
Federal Reporter
("F.") | Federal Digest |
Federal Cases
("F. Cas.") | Decennial Digests |
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