The network of reporters published by West Publishing Company, which attempts to publish and digest all cases of precedential value from all state and federal courts. All cases from the states covered in the southern region will be placed in the Southern report. The cases will be randomly ordered by date. The general and business news database. Official Reports Court reports directed by statute.
Unofficial versions are just as reliable as official versions.
Opinion A statement given by the court for its decision, usually presented in writing and published in a court report. Pamphlet Supplement A paperbound supplement to a larger bound volume usually intended to be discarded eventually. Parallel Citation A citation reference to the same case printed in two or more different sets of case reporters. That law or reasoning which a given court is likely but not bound to follow. Basically, persuasive authority is anything that is not case law, statutes, or administrative agency rules and regulations.