This also makes it difficult to locate. Therefore, a citation is necessary to find the law . Initially, each entity publishes its own laws and decisions. These laws and decisions are then republished into collections of the law. Statutory law is republished in a federal or state compilation of laws and codes.
Case law is republished in a federal reporter or a regional reporter.
There is no single source to find the law. Therefore, a citation is necessary to find the law . For example, Texas statutes are initially printed as session laws, then published in Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes and Codes . As another example, Texas Supreme Court decisions are initially released as single case decisions. Those cases are then republished in the Southwestern Reporter, one of the regional reporters.