CCJ 380 - Library Guide

In the case above, Am. Geophysical Union and Texaco, Inc. are the parties in the case.  The case is located in volume 60 of the Federal Reporter, third series, beginning on page 913. The case was decided in 1994 by Second Circuit (US Court of Appeals). 

Cases are published in reporters. A case citation is generally made up of the following parts:

1. the names of the parties involved
2. the volume number of the reporter containing the full text of the case
3. the abbreviated name of that case reporter
4. the page number on which the case begins the year the case was decided; and sometimes the name of the court deciding the case.