Many courts have their own reporters. And, U.S. Supreme Court cases are
available in print and electronic formats other than West, including
several databases on the Internet. More recent U.S. Courts of Appeals
cases are available from the courts, either through the Internet or direct
download via PACER or systems that link to PACER. Etc. Older cases are
more randomly available. Seems to me that for such cases, even if they
could be copied from West without their headnotes, the instructor would be
providing a service to the students (and to advocates of open access) to
provide copies of such cases in their generic format. We are all going to
need to learn to use generic citations, sooner or later.
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