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The decision for Brown v. Board of Education appears in Volume 347 of the United States Reports (abbreviated U.S.) on page 483, and it was decided in 1954. Note. The name is in italics in the "short form" of the citation, the in-text citation.

United States Supreme Court

Name v. Name, Volume# U.S. Page# (Year). URL

The U.S. Supreme Court decisions are published in the United States Reports (abbreviated U.S.) but as it only contains Supreme Court decisions, the name can be inferred so omit the name of the reporter. Cite the Supreme Court Reporter for cases not yet published in the United States Reports.

• Include both the volume number of the United States Reports and the page number if available (at the time of this writing, page numbers are only available for decisions published before 2015). Use three underscores instead of a page number in the reference entry.
• To find case citations for U.S. Supreme Court decisions go to Oyez.org.

Example with page numbers:

Burnwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 573 U.S. 682 (2014). https://www.oyez.org/cases/2013/13-354

• In-text citation: (Burnell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 2014).

Example no page numbers:

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. ___ (2018). https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-111

• In-text paraphrase: (Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 2018).