Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported. Case citations are formatted differently in different jurisdictions, but generally contain the same key information. * Court that issued the decision * Report title * Volume number * Page, section, or paragraph number * Publication year * Year of decision * Abbreviated title of the court * Decision number (not the court file number)