ADVANCE SHEETS
Pamphlets containing recently decided opinions of federal courts or state courts of a particular region.
Cases appearing in advance sheets are subse-
quently published in bound volumes containing
several past pamphlets, usually with the same
volume and page numbers as appeared in the
advance sheets. Sometimes a court will publish
an individual opinion soon after it has been ren-
dered by the court. This is called a slip opinion,
which later may appear in an advance sheet.
Advance Sheets in the National Reporter System
The National Reporter System, published by
the West Group, St. Paul,Minnesota, is the most
comprehensive collection of the decisions of the
appellate courts of the states and each of the
courts of the United States. Eighteen reporters
comprise the National Reporter System. Eight
units cover federal courts, including the Supreme
Court Reporter (cited as S. Ct.); the Federal
Reporter, as of 2003 in its third series; the Federal
Supplement, as of 2003 in its second series; the
Federal Rules Decisions (cited as F.R.D.); the Military Justice Reporter (cited as M.J.); and the
Bankruptcy Reporter.
Ten reporters cover the 50 states and the Dis-
trict of Columbia. These reporters, each of
which is in its second or third series, include the
following: Atlantic Reporter (A., A.2d); North
Western Reporter (N.W., N.W.2d); Pacific
Reporter (P., P.2d, P.3d); South Eastern Reporter
(S.E., S.E.2d); Southern Reporter (So., So.2d);
South Western Reporter (S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d);
California Reporter (Cal. Rptr.); Illinois Decisions
(Ill. Dec.); and New York Supplement (N.Y.S.,
N.Y.S.2d).
Advance sheets in the National Reporter Sys-
tem are published 50 times each year (weekly,
except for the last week of September and first
week of October) for the regional units report-
ing state cases. Three units report federal cases
52 times per year. The remaining units are pub-
lished biweekly, monthly, or semi-monthly,
depending on how many cases are issued by the
courts covered by the various reporters.
CROSS-REFERENCES
Opinion; Reporter.
