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Star Paging
Fundamentals of Case Law
You should be aware of a feature known as Star Paging, which indicates the places where pages
begin in the print publications.
For example, suppose you need to cite the exact page of an official reporter (e.g., United States
Reports), even though you are using an unofficial reporter (e.g., Supreme Court Reporter). In
the printed Supreme Court Reporter, an upside down “T” symbol appears in the text at the
point where the page break occurs in the United States Reports, and the number of the page in
the official reporter is shown alongside the “T” (Figure 2.11).
Figure 2.11: Star Paging references in the Supreme Court Reporter
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