Bluebook Citation Practice Test 2026 - Free Citation Questions and Study Guide

When citing Supreme Court opinions, you accompany the official United States Reports with a parallel citation to another widely used reporter. The standard parallel citation for Supreme Court opinions is to the Supreme Court Reporter, abbreviated S. Ct., because it is the most common and broadly used parallel reference readers rely on alongside the official report. For example, a citation might read: Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S. Ct. 283, 98 L. Ed. 2d 290 (1954). The other reporters listed—Federal Reporter Third Series and Lawyer’s Edition—cover other courts or contexts, and U.S. is the official reporter itself. So S. Ct. is the conventional parallel abbreviation for Supreme Court material.