Legal Definitions - United States Reports

The United States Reports is the official printed record of U.S. Supreme Court cases. It contains the full text of the Court's opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions.

When citing a Supreme Court case, the United States Reports is abbreviated as U.S. For example, the citation for the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education is 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

Another example is the case of Roe v. Wade, which is cited as 410 U.S. 113 (1973). This citation refers to the volume number (410), the abbreviation for United States Reports (U.S.), the page number (113), and the year the case was decided (1973).

These examples illustrate how the United States Reports is used to cite Supreme Court cases. It is an important resource for lawyers, judges, and scholars who study the decisions of the highest court in the United States.