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Subject: Federal Register notice

     This responds to the request for comments on the ABA uniform 
citation proposal published by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States.

     I am an attorney practicing in Virginia. In recent years, the 
technological revolution has influenced the practice of law. Legal 
research has been greatly enhanced by the availability of on-line 
services and CD-Roms.

     One significant problem remains, however. "The Bluebook, A 
Uniform System of Citations" requires that federal cases (except for 
Supreme Court opinions) be cited to the federal reporters published 
by West Publishing Company. While most CD-Roms provide the initial 
citation, only West's CD-roms provide the internal citation to pages 
to the federal reporters. This means that after conducting our 
research in a highly effective technological environment, lawyers 
like myself must either 1) stop, physically go to the law library to 
dig out the page numbers on the old paper versions of the West 
Reporters or 2) spend large amounts of money to obtain the only on-
line services that provide this information; or 3) purchase the paper 
copy of the reporters, which is not realistic for many small firms or 
sole practitioners with limited space and funds.

     The ABA proposal will solve this problem and I urge the Judicial 
Conference to adopt and implement the ABA proposal for a uniform 
citation for all federal courts.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   Mary L. Thomas
                                   626 South Walter Reed Dr
                                   Arlington, VA 22204