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Pennsylvania
• Blakeney v. Green's Rest., 550 Pa. 689, 704 A.2d 1380 (1997).*
• Blakeney v. Green's Rest., 704 A.2d 1380 (Pa. 1997).
• Beckwith Mach. Co. v. Commonwealth, 485 Pa. 337, 402 A.2d 661 (1979).*
• Beckwith Mach. Co. v. Commonwealth, 402 A.2d 661 (Pa. 1979).
• Bullocks v. Aliquippa & S. R.R. Co., 364 Pa. Super. 642, 525 A.2d 812, appeal denied,
516 Pa. 621, 532 A.2d 19 (1987).*
• Bullocks v. Aliquippa & S. R.R. Co., 525 A.2d 812 (Pa. Super. Ct.), appeal denied, 532
A.2d 19 (Pa. 1987).
• Wells v. Cendant Mobility Fin. Corp., 2006 PA Super 363, 9, 913 A.2d 929, 933.*
• Wells v. Cendant Mobility Fin. Corp., 913 A.2d 929, 933 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2006).
• Weaver v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 688 A.2d 766 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1997).
• Keystone Outdoor Adver. v. Commonwealth, 687 A.2d 47 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in Pennsylvania State Reports, Pennsylvania
Superior Court Reports, or Pennsylvania Commonwealth Reports should, where possible,
include citations to them, in parallel with citations to the regional reporter. The Pennsylvania
Superior Court Reports ceased publication in 1998; the Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Reports, in 1994. In addition, in-state references to decisions of the Superior Court should
include a medium-neutral citation which consists of the year, a court identifier, and a
sequential decision number in the format shown here. Pinpoint cites can be to the
paragraph numbers assigned by that court.
Rhode Island
• Brown & Sharp Mfg. Co. v. King, 404 A.2d 857 (R.I. 1979).
South Carolina
• Myrtle Beach Seafood Mkt., Inc. v. Rikard, 266 S.C. 52, 221 S.E.2d 399 (S.C. 1976).*
• Myrtle Beach Seafood Mkt., Inc. v. Rikard, 221 S.E.2d 399 (S.C. 1976).
• Carolina Chems., Inc. v. S.C. Dep't of Health & Envtl. Control, 290 S.C. 498, 351 S.E.2d
575 (Ct. App. 1986).*
• Carolina Chems., Inc. v. S.C. Dep't of Health & Envtl. Control, 351 S.E.2d 575 (S.C. Ct.
App. 1986).
* In-state references to decisions appearing in South Carolina Reports should, where
possible, include citations to those reports, in parallel with citations to the regional reporter.
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