West’s Federal Reporter
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West’s Federal Reporter is a multivolume case law reporter that publishes decisions of the U.S. federal courts, widely used by legal professionals for research and citation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Reporter, Second Series | 2 |
| Federal Reporter, First Series | 1 |
| United States case law reporters | 1 |
| United States federal case law reporter | 1 |
| West’s Federal Reporter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T570484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West’s Federal Reporter Context triple: [West Key Number System classification, usedIn, West’s Federal Reporter]
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A.
United States Reports
United States Reports is the official bound collection of the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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B.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition is an unofficial, annotated reporter series that publishes decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court with extensive editorial enhancements such as headnotes, summaries, and research references.
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C.
Supreme Court Reporter
Supreme Court Reporter is a commercially published case reporter that provides annotated and unofficial versions of decisions from the United States Supreme Court.
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D.
The Court Journal
The Court Journal was a 19th-century British periodical focused on high society, court news, and literary content, published by the prominent London publisher Henry Colburn.
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E.
Cranch Reports
Cranch Reports is an early official compilation of United States Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by William Cranch in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West’s Federal Reporter Target entity description: West’s Federal Reporter is a multivolume case law reporter that publishes decisions of the U.S. federal courts, widely used by legal professionals for research and citation.
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A.
United States Reports
United States Reports is the official bound collection of the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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B.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition is an unofficial, annotated reporter series that publishes decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court with extensive editorial enhancements such as headnotes, summaries, and research references.
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C.
Supreme Court Reporter
Supreme Court Reporter is a commercially published case reporter that provides annotated and unofficial versions of decisions from the United States Supreme Court.
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D.
The Court Journal
The Court Journal was a 19th-century British periodical focused on high society, court news, and literary content, published by the prominent London publisher Henry Colburn.
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E.
Cranch Reports
Cranch Reports is an early official compilation of United States Supreme Court decisions edited and reported by William Cranch in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
case law reporter
ⓘ
law report series ⓘ legal publication ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
F.
ⓘ
F.2d ⓘ F.3d ⓘ |
| availableOn | Westlaw ⓘ |
| citationStyle |
ALWD citation manual
ⓘ
surface form:
ALWD Guide to Legal Citation
Bluebook legal citation ⓘ
surface form:
Bluebook
|
| contains |
decisions of the U.S. circuit courts (historical)
ⓘ
decisions of the U.S. circuit courts of appeals ⓘ decisions of the U.S. courts of appeals ⓘ selected decisions of other federal courts ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| format |
online database
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
indexes
ⓘ
tables of cases ⓘ volumes organized by volume number ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Federal Reporter
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Reporter (first series)
Federal Reporter ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Reporter, Second Series
Federal Reporter ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Reporter, Third Series
|
| hasLegalStatus | unofficial reporter ⓘ |
| includes |
case summaries
ⓘ
headnotes prepared by editors ⓘ judicial opinions ⓘ key number classifications ⓘ |
| isCitedAs |
F.
ⓘ
F.2d ⓘ F.3d ⓘ |
| isComplementedBy |
Federal Appendix
ⓘ
surface form:
West’s Federal Appendix
Federal Supplement ⓘ
surface form:
West’s Federal Supplement
|
| isPrecedentSourceFor | U.S. federal courts ⓘ |
| jurisdictionCovered |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Reporter System
ⓘ
surface form:
West National Reporter System
|
| publisher |
Thomson Reuters
ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ |
| subjectArea | federal appellate case law ⓘ |
| timeCoverage | late 19th century to present ⓘ |
| usedBy |
attorneys
ⓘ
judges ⓘ law students ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legal citation
ⓘ
legal research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: West’s Federal Reporter Description of subject: West’s Federal Reporter is a multivolume case law reporter that publishes decisions of the U.S. federal courts, widely used by legal professionals for research and citation.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States federal case law reporter
this entity surface form:
Federal Reporter, First Series
this entity surface form:
Federal Reporter, Second Series
this entity surface form:
Federal Reporter, Second Series