CIVIL LIBERTIES DOCKET
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ABBREVIATIONS
- A2d* [
Names of sets of books that contain written opinions in cases described in this DOCKET, and available in any law library. Volume number is before the name; page number is after the name. Eg, volume 388 United States Supreme Court Reports page 2 = 388 US 2. See discussion, p xiii.
] — Atlantic Reporter, 2d Series- AC* — Advance sheets for California Reports, 2d Series
- ACA* — Advance sheets for Cal App 2d
- ACLU — American Civil Liberties Union
- ACLUNC — ACLU of Northern California
- admr — administrator
- aff'd° [
Actions by courts. See description, p xiii.
] — affirmed, eg, higher court aff'd lower court decision- AFDC — Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- AFT — American Federation of Teachers
- a/k/a — also known as
- Alabama — University of Alabama Law Review
- Amdt — Amendment
- amicus — friend of the Court
- App — Appeal/Appellate/Appendix
- App Div† [
Names of state and federal courts. See description, p xiii.
For further definitions, see Black's Law Dictionary, available in any law library.
] — NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division- Appt — Appellant, who filed an appeal
- Appee — Appellee, against whom an appeal was filed
- apt — apartment
- Asst — Assistant
- atty — attorney
- Atty Genl — Attorney General
- Auth — Authority
- Bd of Educ — Board of Education/School Board/Superintendent
- Bd of Pub Inst — Board of Public Instruction
- Bd of Reg — Board of Regents/Registrars
- BIA — Board of Immigration Appeals
- C — Code, statute, eg, Gov't C, Penal C
- C2d* — California Reports, 2d Series
- CA† — US Court of Appeals
- (CA 1)† — US Court of Appeals, First Circuit (there are 11 circuits)
- (CA DC)† — US Court of Appeals, for District of Columbia Circuit
- Cal App 2d* — California Appellate Reports, 2d series
- Cal Rptr or CR* — California Reporter
- cd° — certiorari denied, eg, higher court refused to hear case
- cert den° — certiorari denied
- cert grant° — certiorari granted, eg, higher court agreed to hear case
- CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
- cg° — certiorari granted
- ch — chapter, eg, in a statute or constitution
- Civ — Civil
- Cir Ct† — Circuit Court (of county)
- CJ — Chief Justice
- CLU — Civil Liberties Union
- CNVA — Committee for Nonviolent Action
- Co — County/Company
- CO — Conscientious objector
- Code of Crim Proc — Code of Criminal Procedure
- COFO — Conference of Federated Organizations (Mississippi)
- comm — committee
- commn — commission
- commr — commissioner
- Comp — Complainant, who filed a complaint
- Com Pleas† — Common Pleas Court
- conc° — concurred in court's opinion
- Cong Rec — Congressional Record
- Cong Rec—App — Congressional Record—Appendix
- Const — Constitution
- CORE — Congress of Racial Equality
- Crim — Criminal
- ct — court
- Ct of App† — Ct of Appeal
- DA — District Attorney
- d/b/a — doing business as
- DC† — District Court
- (DC DC)† — District Court for the District of Columbia (fed'l)
- DCA† — District Court of Appeals (state)
- Def — Defendant, against whom a suit was filed
- de novo — new trial from the beginning
- Dept — Department
- dism'd° — dismissed, eg, court dismissed a case
- diss° — dissented from court's opinion
- Dir — Director
- Dist — District
- Div — Division, eg, fed'l district court for EDiv of a state
- ECLC — Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
- ED† — Eastern District, eg, ED NC: fed'l district court for Eastern District of North Carolina
- educ — Education
- EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (fed'l)
- en banc — all judges on appeals court hear case
- Esq — Esquire, eg, an attorney
- ex rel — on the petition of
- F2d* — Federal Reporter, 2d Series
- FCC — Federal Communications Commission
- fed'l — federal
- FEP Act — Fair Employment Practices Act
- FEPC — Fair Employment Practices Commission
- FHA — Federal Housing Administration
- FRCP (FRCvP) — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- FRCrimP — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
- FRD* — Federal Rules Decisions
- FSupp* — Federal Supplement
- FTC — Fed'l Trade Commission
- gov't — government
- habeas corpus — petition for release of prisoner
- HEW — US Dept of Health, Education and Welfare
- h'g — hearing
- H'g off — Hearing officer
- HR — House Resolution
- HUAC — House Comm on UnAmerican Activities
- HUD — US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
- Imm Serv — Immigration & Naturalization Service
- in forma pauperis — filed by an indigent without paying fees
- in pro per — filed by client without an attorney
- in re — in regard to
- INS — Immigration and Naturalization Service
- IRS — Internal Revenue Service
- J — Judge, justice
- JP† — Justice of the Peace
- Jud — judicial
- KKK — Ku Klux Klan
- LCCR — Law Center for Constitutional Rights
- LCDC — Lawyer's Constitutional Defense Committee
- LLR* — Labor Law Reports
- LW* — US Law Week
- MD† — Middle District
- MFDP — Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- mth — month
- Muni — Municipal
- NAACP — National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- NAACP Inc Fund — NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc
- ND† — Northern District
- NE2d* — Northeastern Reporter, 2d Series
- NLRB — National Labor Relations Board
- nolo — nolo contendere (plea of no contest)
- nolle prosequi — motion by DA not to prosecute
- NW2d* — Northwestern Reporter, 2d Series
- NYCLU — New York Civil Liberties Union
- NYS2d* — New York Supplement, 2d Series
- OEO — Office of Economic Opportunity: Legal Service offices
- P2d* — Pacific Reporter, 2d Series
- Pen C — Penal Code
- Pet — Petitioner, who filed a case
- Pjn/prob juris noted° — USSC noted probable jurisdiction—agreed to hear case
- Pub Accom Sec — Public Accommodations Section, 1964 Civil Rights Act
- PUC — Public Utilities Commission
- ref — referee in administrative proceeding
- Reg — Registrar
- Rel — Relator
- rem° — remanded case to a lower court
- rev'd° — reversed decision of a lower court
- RRLR* — Race Relations Law Reporter
- S — Senate (as in Senate Bill; Cong Rec, Senate)
- SACB — Subversive Activities Control Board
- SCLC — Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- SCt* — Supreme Court Reporter
- SD† — Southern District
- SDS — Students for a Democratic Society
- SE2d* — Southeastern Reporter, 2d Series
- sec — section
- secy — secretary
- SISS — Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
- SNCC — Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- So2d* — Southern Reporter, 2d Series
- Spec Sess† — Court of Special Sessions
- sub nom — under the name of
- Sup Ct† — Supreme Court
- Super Ct† — Superior Court
- SW2d* — Southwestern Reporter, 2d Series
- Tit — Title, eg, in statute
- TRO — Temporary restraining order
- Trs — Trustees
- UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice
- US* — United States Reports
- USC — United States Code
- USCA — United States Code Annotated
- USCMA* — opinions of United States Court of Military Appeals
- USSC† — United States Supreme Court
- v — versus
- VA — Veterans Administration
- vac° — vacated a previous decision by a lower court
- WD† — Western District
- § — section
- ¶ — paragraph