Federal administrative decisions are issued by the agencies, and their patterns of publication and availability vary greatly. At the federal level, these are called Public Laws . Subsequently to the appearance of session laws comes the codified version in a statutory code . Two privately published in a much more timely fashion. Published court decisions appear in reporters .
Digests are the finding tools for case law .
Ther are digests specifically for Supreme Court reporters plus West's Federal Practice Digest for all federal reporters.