S.W.2d

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S.W.2d stands for South Western Reporter, Second Series, a legal citation abbreviation.

South Western Reporter series covering 1928 to 1999, with appellate decisions from Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. It includes many leading twentieth-century Texas decisions on oil and gas, insurance, family law and commercial disputes.

Example: Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co., 729 S.W.2d 768 (Tex. App. 1987), upheld most of the record jury verdict.

Usage notes

Older Texas citations in S.W.2d carry writ history such as "writ ref'd n.r.e." (writ refused, no reversible error), a system replaced by petitions for review in 1997. Write it closed up, "S.W.2d". Its successor, S.W.3d, began in 1999.

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• slip op. – Slip opinion
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