Federal Appendix

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case law reporter law reporter

The Federal Appendix is a reporter in the National Reporter System that publishes selected unpublished or non-precedential decisions of the U.S. federal courts of appeals.

Aliases (4)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	case law reporter → law reporter →
citationNetworkRole	secondary reporter for federal appellate decisions →
citationStyle	Bluebook →
contains	case citations → headnotes → key number classifications →
country	United States →
coversCourtType	U.S. courts of appeals →
excludes	most published precedential opinions →
format	chronological volumes →
hasCitationForm	[Case Name], [Volume] F. App’x [Page] ([Court] [Year]) →
hasComponent	digest references → index → table of cases →
includes	tables of decisions →
isUsedFor	historical reference → legal research → persuasive authority in some jurisdictions →
jurisdiction	United States federal courts →
language	English →
maintainedBy	West editorial staff →
medium	electronic database → print reporter →
organizedBy	court → date → docket number →
partOf	National Reporter System →
publisher	Thomson Reuters → West Publishing →
publishes	non-precedential decisions → selected opinions → unpublished decisions →
relatedTo	Federal Reporter → Federal Rules Decisions → Federal Supplement →
reporterAbbreviation	F. App’x → Fed. Appx. →
scope	non-precedential federal appellate opinions →
subjectArea	federal appellate case law →
timePeriodCovered	late 20th century onward →
typeOfDecision	non-binding in many circuits →
usedBy	judges → lawyers → legal researchers →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Appendix ("F. App’x") → Federal Appendix ("Fed. Appx.") →	reporterAbbreviation
Federal Reporter ("F.3d") →	abbreviation
National Reporter System →	hasComponent
West’s Federal Reporter ("West’s Federal Appendix") →	isComplementedBy