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L Ed 2d is a complete, enhanced, unofficial reporter of U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1956, with convenient special research features not found in the official United States Reports.
New decisions are initially released through the Advance Sheet Service, with softbound pamphlets including the full text of decisions and orders, syllabi, and names of counsel, as well as summaries, headnotes, research references, and other materials.
New hardbound volumes of L Ed 2d are created from the Advance Sheets. Recently, these are first issued as Interim Bound Volumes, and later as Permanent Bound Volumes. Interim Bound Volumes generally add annotations (articles collecting and analyzing Supreme Court decisions on a subject) and parallel reference tables (to the extent available), while adapting some enhancements (such as the cumulative tables and index) that appeared in the corresponding advance sheets. Permanent Bound Volumes generally add the court's official corrections (some may be available earlier), page breaks for the official United States Reports, and summarized counsel briefs for opinion decisions.
Annual supplements update the annotations, provide a citator service, and contain some late corrections, including corrections made by the Justices after the publication of the corresponding U.S. official volumes.
L Ed 2d can be a cornerstone of any law library.
(Decisions prior to 1956 are reported in L Ed, sometimes called L Ed 1st.)Table of Contents
(Sample contents, from the 174 L. Ed. 2d permanent bound volume)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Personnel of Supreme Court
Table of Allotment of Justices
Subjects Annotated in This Volume
Reference Table of Vols. 556 U.S. (part) and 557 U.S.
Table of Cases Reported in this Volume
Table of Federal Constitutional Provisions, Statutes, Court Rules, and Regulations Cited and Construed in ThisVolume
Table of Classifications to the United States Supreme Court
Digest, Lawyers’ Edition, from Cases Reported in This Volume
Miscellaneous Proceedings
Disposition of Cases; Justice Souter’s Retirement; Recess; Thanks to Court Staff and Bar
Allotment Order
Allotment Order
Investiture Ceremony for Justice Sotomayor
Cases Reported in Vols. 556 U.S. (part) and 557 U.S.
Annotations
Summaries of Briefs; Names of Participating Attorneys
Index to Decisions and Annotations
