| Code | Description | Comments |
| HISTORY OF CASE |
| A | Affirmed | Same case affirmed on appeal |
| CC | Connected case | Different case from cited case but arising out of same subject matter or intimately connected therewith |
| CF | Certiorari filed | |
| DE | Denied | |
| DM | Dismissed | Appeal from same case dismissed |
| GR | Granted | |
| IN | US cert denied | Certiorari denied by U.S. Supreme Court |
| | US cert dismissed | Certiorari dismissed by U.S. Supreme Court |
| US reh denied | Rehearing denied by U.S. Supreme Court |
| US reh dismissed | Rehearing dismissed by U.S. Supreme Court |
| M | Modified | Same case modified on appeal |
| MI | Mandate issed | |
| NP | Not published | |
| PD | Petition denied | |
| PG | Petition granted | |
| R | Reversed | Same case reversed on appeal |
| S | Superseded | Substitution for former opinion |
| SC | Same case | |
| V | Vacated | Same case vacated |
| TREATMENT OF CASE |
| C | Criticized | Soundness of decision or reasoning in cited case criticized |
| D | Distinguished | Case at bar different either in law or fact from case cited |
| E | Explained | Statement of import of decision in cited case |
| EX | examiner’s decision | Not merely a restatement of the facts |
| F | Followed | Cited as controlling |
| H | Harmonized | Apparent inconsistency explained and shown not to exist |
| J | Dissenting | Citation in dissenting opinion |
| L | Limited | Refusal to extend decision of cited case beyond precise issues involved |
| O | Overruled | Ruling in cited case expressly overruled |
| P | Parallel | Citing case substantially alike (“on all fours”) with cited case in its law or facts |
| Q | Questioned | Soundness of decision or reasoning in cited case questioned |