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The United States Reports are the official record of the rulings, orders, case tables, and other proceeding of the Supreme Court of the United States. Opinions of the court in each case, prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions, and any concurring or dissenting opinions are published sequentially. The Court's Publication Office oversees the binding and publication of the volumes of United States Reports, although the actual printing, binding, and publication is performed by private firms under contract with the United States Government Printing Office. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 178 KB) Several volumes of the United States Reports, the official reporter (law) of the Supreme Court of the United States, at a public law library in San Jose, California. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 178 KB) Several volumes of the United States Reports, the official reporter (law) of the Supreme Court of the United States, at a public law library in San Jose, California. ... Fordham Law School Library, also a Government Document Depository. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries  Atlas  Politics Portal      The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym... Seal of the Supreme Court The Reporter of Decisions of the United States Supreme Court is the official charged with editing and publishing the Courts decisions both when announced and in the bound volumes of the United States Reports. ... The logotype of the United States Government Printing Office In the United States, the Government Printing Office (GPO) prints and provides access to documents produced by and for all three branches of the federal government, including the Supreme Court, the Congress, and all executive branch agencies like the FCC and...

For lawyers, citations to U.S. Reports are the standard reference for Supreme Court decisions. Under the commonly accepted citation protocol, the case Brown, et al, v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas is cited thus: The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

This citation indicates that the decision of the Court in the case entitled Brown v. Board of Education (as properly abbreviated per the aforementioned citation protocol), decided in 1954, can be found beginning at page 483 of volume 347 of the United States Reports. Holding Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal. ...

See also

• Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Complete list of United States Supreme Court cases

The Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States is the official charged with editing and publishing the Courts decisions both when announced and in the bound volumes of the United States Reports. ... This is a list of the lists of United States Supreme Court cases from the volumes of the United States Reports: Categories: | ...

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