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Case Law: If the citation is 376 U.S. 254, that means:

376
Volume #

U.S.
Abbreviation of book the case is found in

254
Page #

Abbreviation	Name of Reporter	Location
A. or A.2d	Atlantic Reporter	Regional Reporters
A.L.R.	American Law Reports	Rows 11-13A
F., F.2d, or F.3d	Federal Reporter	Rows 13-16A
F.R.D.	Federal Rules Decisions	Row 20
F.Supp or F.Supp.2d	Federal Supplement	Rows 17-19A
L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d	United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer's Edition	Row 9
N.E. or N.E.2d	Northeastern Reporter	Regional Reporters
N.M.	New Mexico Reports	Pro Se or New Mexico section
N.W. or N.W.2d	Northwestern Reporter	Regional Reporters
P., P.2d, or P.3d	Pacific Reporter	Regional Reporters
S.Ct.	Supreme Court Reporter	Rows 9, 10
S.E. or S.E.2d	Southeastern Reporter	Regional Reporters
So., So.2d	Southern Reporter	Regional Reporters
S.W. or S.W.2d	Southwestern Reporter	Regional Reporters
U.S.	United States Reports	Rows 10, 11A

Federal statute: if the citation is 28 U.S.C. 1983, that means:

28
Title

U.S.C.
Abbreviation of the set of statutes

1983
Section #

New Mexico statute: if the citation is NMSA 40-1-9, that means:

NMSA
Abbreviation of the set of statutes

40-1-9
Chapter, article, and section #

Abbreviation	Name of Reporter	Location
NMSA	New Mexico Statutes Annotated	Pro Se or New Mexico section
U.S.C.	United States Code	Rows 7 and 8
U.S.C.A.	United States Code Annotated	Row 8
U.S.C.S.	United States Code Service	Row 8