1.  Authentication

Official publications and reports are deemed self-authenticating under the federal rules.{footnote}FRE 902(5).{/footnote}  See OFFICIAL RECORDS AND REPORTS–Authentication: Official publications.

2.  As Hearsay

See also HEARSAY–Burden of Establishing Admissibility; LEARNED TREATISES.

FRE 803(17) excepts from the hearsay rule–

Market quotations, tabulations, lists, directories, or other published compilations, generally used and relied upon by the public or by persons in particular occupations.{footnote} [3429]See also United States v. Mount, 896 F.2d 612, 624-25 (1st Cir. 1990)(volumes of literary "collected works" admitted); Fraser-Smith Co. v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry., 435 F.2d 1396 (7th Cir. 1971)[holding?].
            Cal. § 1340; Casey v. Phillips Pipeline Co., 431 P.2d 518 (Kan. 1967)[holding?].{/footnote}

3.  As Impeachment

A publication cannot be used as impeachment unless the witness testified to having relied upon it.{footnote}U.S. v. Van Griffin, 874 F.2d 634, 638 (9th Cir. 1989).{/footnote}

4.  Authoritative Treatises

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