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Universal Citation: Reporters in Print

A South Carolina focused guide to discussions of citation reform, sometimes referred to as vendor neutral citation, medium neutral citation, uniform citation, or public domain citation.

Cost of Bound Volumes of Reporters

Volume numbers and pinpoint page numbers in two reporters are required for a traditional, parallel citation to South Carolina case law:

  1. South Carolina Reports, and
  2. South Eastern Reporter®, 2d.

The links below are to specific pages on Thomson Reuters' website where these reporters can be purchased in print.

Delay in Obtaining Required Page Numbers

Above, Texas litigator Evan Young tweets on December 17, 2019 that he just received the most recently printed volume of U.S. Reportsvolume 570, containing cases through June 2013 (six and a half years prior). Within a day, more than 150 people, mostly lawyers, judges, and law professors, had "favorited" the tweet as a show of support.