In message <Pine.HPX.4.44.0304211353100.16806-100000@wells.cisco.com>, "Ole J. Jacobsen" writes: >Isn't it LINE numbers you lawyers want? :-) > In places; elsewhere, it's page number. A typical case citation is something like 60 F.2d 737, which means "page 737 of volume 60 of the Federal Reporter, Second Series". In other words, the page number in the physical volume *is* a canonical references. This has led to some interesting copyright litigation; opinions, being government documents, aren't copyrightable, but what about the physical layout done by the authorized publisher, which is the only thing that can be cited? (I don't recall how those cases were resolved.) --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)