Warner-Lambert Pharm. Co. v. Reynolds, Inc. uses 178 F. Supp. 655 (S.D.N.Y. 1959). What does 'F. Supp.' denote?

• A. Federal Supplement
• B. Federal Reporter
• C. Federal Reporter, Second Series
• D. Federal District Reporter

Answer: (A)

The main idea is how to read federal case citations by the reporter abbreviation. In this citation, “178 F. Supp. 655,” the part after the volume number is the reporter. F. Supp. stands for Federal Supplement, which is the reporter that publishes district court (trial-level) decisions. So the case is in volume 178 of the Federal Supplement, starting at page 655. The parenthetical (S.D.N.Y. 1959) confirms it’s a district-court decision from the Southern District of New York in 1959.

This matters because other reporters serve different courts: the Federal Reporter (and its Second and Third Series, F.2d, F.3d) publishes U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions, not district courts. There is no standard reporter known as the Federal District Reporter, so that option doesn’t fit.