# Southern Reporter

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{{Short description|Regional case law reporter in the United States}}
{{For|the Scottish newspaper|The Southern Reporter}}
The '''''Southern Reporter''''', the ''Southern Reporter Second'', and the ''Southern Reporter Third'' are [United States](/source/United_States) regional [case law reporters](/source/Reporter_(law)).  It is part of the [National Reporter System](/source/National_Reporter_System) created by John B. West for the [West Publishing Company](/source/West_(publisher)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.llrx.com/features/nationalreporter.htm|title=Past, Present and Future: The National Reporter System Celebrates Historic Anniversary|last=Albaum|first=Shelly|date=2002-10-15|work=[LLRX](/source/LLRX)|access-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111064033/http://www.llrx.com/features/nationalreporter.htm|archive-date=2010-01-11}}</ref>thumb|400px|right|National Reporter System regions

The ''Southern Reporter'' contains published [appellate court](/source/appellate_court) case decisions for:
* [Alabama](/source/Alabama)
* [Florida](/source/Florida)
* [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana)
* [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi)

When [cited](/source/Case_citation), the ''Southern Reporter'', the ''Southern Reporter Second'', and the ''Southern Reporter Third'' are abbreviated "So.", "So. 2d", and "So. 3d", respectively,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.access-to-law.com/citation/basic_legal_citation.pdf|title=Basic Legal Citation|last=Martin|first=Peter W.|date=2012-01-01|work=Access to Law|accessdate=2012-05-10}}</ref> and are based on the years of [case law](/source/case_law) it covers. The first edition contains decisions and opinions from the years 1887 to 1941,{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} while the second accounts for 1941 to 2008<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Reporter 2D {{!}} Thomson Reuters |url=https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/products |access-date=2025-11-13 |website=store.legal.thomsonreuters.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and the third ranges from 2008 to present.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Reporter 3D {{!}} Thomson Reuters |url=https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/products |access-date=2025-11-13 |website=store.legal.thomsonreuters.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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