The South Eastern Reporter is a West regional reporter that publishes state court decisions from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The series has two iterations: S.E. (1887--1939) and S.E.2d (1939--present).
Like the North Western Reporter, the South Eastern Reporter has not progressed to a third series. S.E.2d remains current for all modern decisions. Virginia, the largest jurisdiction by appellate volume in this reporter, has two appellate courts: the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia. The Supreme Court of Virginia is cited simply as "Va." and the Court of Appeals as "Va. Ct. App." in the date parenthetical.
Several landmark cases appear in the South Eastern Reporter, particularly from Virginia (which has a robust common law tradition) and Georgia. When citing to S.E. or S.E.2d, follow standard Bluebook regional reporter rules: include the case name, volume, reporter designation, first page, optional pinpoint page, and the court/year parenthetical.
Virginia Supreme Court
Lucy v. Zehmer, 84 S.E.2d 516 (Va. 1954)
Georgia Supreme Court
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Parsons, 260 S.E.2d 812 (Ga. 1979)
North Carolina Supreme Court
State v. Garnett, 706 S.E.2d 280 (N.C. 2011)
West Virginia Supreme Court
State ex rel. McGraw v. Scott Runyan Pontiac-Buick, Inc., 461 S.E.2d 516 (W. Va. 1995)
The South Eastern Reporter covers Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
No. The South Eastern Reporter has not transitioned to a third series. S.E.2d remains current for all decisions from 1939 to the present.
For the Supreme Court of Virginia, use (Va. [year]). For the Court of Appeals of Virginia, use (Va. Ct. App. [year]). In Virginia state court filings, local rules may require the official Virginia Reports citation.
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