ABBREVIATIONS
- 1st Amdt • First Amendment
- 1st Cir • U.S. Ct of App, First Circuit (there are 11 numbered circuits)
- § • Section, e.g., Article 1, §1
- A2d • Atlantic Reporter, 2nd Series
- ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union
- ACMR • Army Court of Military Review
- admr • administrator/administration/administrative
- aff'd • affirmed, i.e., higher court aff'd lower court decision
- ALJ • Administrative Law Judge
- Amdt • Amendment
- amicus • friend of the Court
- APA • Administrative Procedure Act
- App Div • NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division
- App • Appeal/Appellate
- Art • Article, e.g., U.S. Constitution, Art 1
- Assn • Association
- Asst • Assistant
- atty • attorney
- Bd • Board
- BIA • Board of Immigration Appeals; Bureau of Indian Affairs
- C • Code, Statute, e.g., Penal C
- CA Rptr • California Reporter
- CA3d • California Supreme Court, 3rd Series
- CCR • Center for Constitutional Rights
- CD • Central District, e.g., CD CA: Federal District Court for Central District of California
- cert den • certiorari denied, i.e., higher court refused to hear case
- CFR • Code of Federal Regulations
- ChJ • Chief Justice, Chief Judge
- Cir Ct • Circuit Court (of county)
- Civ • Civil
- CJ • Circuit Court Justice (federal)
- cl • clause, e.g., Art 1, Section 1, cl 1
- CMA • Court of Military Appeals
- CMR • Court of Military Review
- Co • Company
- CO • Conscientious Objector
- Comm • Committee
- Commn • Commission
- Commr • Commissioner
- conc • concurred in court's decision
- Cong • Congress/Congressmember
- Const • Constitution
- Cr L Rptr • Criminal Law Reporter
- Crim • Criminal, e.g., Crim Court, Crim Code
- Ct of App • Court of Appeal (federal or state intermediate court)
- ct • court
- cty • county
- DA • District Attorney
- DC Cir • U.S. Ct of App for District of Columbia Circuit
- DC DC • Federal District Court for the District of Columbia
- DC • District Court (federal)
- DCA • District Court of Appeals (state)
- Def • Defendant
- Dept • Department
- Dir • Director
- dism'd • dismissed by court
- diss • dissented from court's decision
- Dist • District
- Div • Division, e.g., of Federal District Court
- DJ • District Court Judge
- Doc • Document
- DoD • Dept of Defense
- DoE • Dept of Energy
- DoJ • Dept of Justice
- ED • Eastern District, e.g., ED NC: Federal District Court for Eastern District of North Carolina
- Educ • Education
- EEOC • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- EIS • Environmental Impact Statement
- EPA • Environmental Protection Agency
- Exec • Executive
- F2d • Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
- Fed Cir • U.S. Ct of App for Federal Circuit
- fed'l • federal
- FOIA • Freedom of Information Act
- FRCivP • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- FRCrimP • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
- FRD • Federal Rules Decisions
- FSIA • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
- FSupp • Federal Supplement
- GA Res • UN General Assembly Resolution
- gen'l • general
- Gov • governor
- Gov't • government
- habeas corpus • petition for release of person being held
- h'g • hearing
- H of R • House of Representatives
- ICCPR • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- ICJ • International Court of Justice
- ILM • International Legal Materials
- ILO • International Labour Organization
- Immig J • INS Hearing Officer
- INA • Immigration and Nationality Act
- INS • Immigration and Naturalization Service
- int'l • international
- IRCA • Immigration Reform and Control Act
- IRS • Internal Revenue Service
- J • Judge, Justice
- JJ • Judges, Justices
- Jud Dist • Judicial District
- LW • U.S. Law Week
- Magis • Magistrate
- MCLI • Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
- MD • Middle District, e.g., MD PA: Federal District Court for Middle District of Pennsylvania
- MJ • Military Journal
- mth • month
- Muni • Municipal
- nat'l • national
- ND • Northern District, e.g., ND AL: Federal District Court for Northern District of Alabama
- NE2d • Northeastern Reporter, 2nd Series
- NEPA • National Environmental Policy Act
- NFZ • Nuclear Free Zone
- NGO • Nongovernmental Organization
- NLG • National Lawyers Guild
- NLRA • National Labor Relations Act
- NLRB • National Labor Relations Board
- nolo • nolo contendere, a plea of no contest to the charges
- NRC • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NW2d • Northwestern Reporter, 2nd Series
- NYS2d • New York Supp, 2nd Series
- OAS • Organization of American States
- Org • Organization
- P2d • Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
- para • paragraph
- Pen C • Penal Code
- Pet • Petitioner, i.e., initiator of proceeding
- Pl • Plaintiff, who filed a case
- Pres • President
- pro se • filed by a party without an atty
- prob juris noted • U.S. Supreme Ct noted probable jurisdiction, agreed to hear case
- re • regarding, in the matter of
- Reg • Regulation
- Rep • Representative/Congressmember
- Res • Resolution
- Resp • Respondent, i.e., party against whom appeal filed
- rev'd • reversed
- RICO • Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- SCt • U.S. Supreme Court Reporter
- SD • Southern District, e.g., SD NY: Federal District Court for Southern District of New York
- SE2d • Southeastern Reporter, 2nd Series
- Sec'y • Secretary
- Sen • Senate/Senator
- Sess • Session, e.g., 98th Cong, 1st Sess
- So2d • Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
- Stat • Statute
- Subcomm • Subcommittee
- Sup Ct • Supreme Court (of a state or country other than U.S.)
- Sup't • Superintendent of Schools
- Super Ct • Superior Court
- Supp • Supplement, e.g., Federal Supplement
- SW2d • Southwestern Reporter, 2nd Series
- TIAS • Treaties and Other International Acts Series
- TRO • temporary restraining order
- U • University
- UCMJ • Uniform Code of Military Justice
- UDHR • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- UN GAOR • United Nations General Assembly Official Records
- UN • United Nations
- UNGA • United Nations General Assembly
- UNSC • United Nations Security Council
- UNTS • United Nations Treaty Series
- US • United States Supreme Court Reports
- USC • United States Code
- USSC • United States Supreme Court
- UST • U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements
- w/ • with
- WD • Western District, e.g., WD AR: Federal District Court for Western District of Arkansas
- yr • year