[Ads-l] Roe vee Wade

[James Landau]

It seems to me that most public references to the Supreme Court case "Roe vs. Wade" call it "Roe vee Wade" rather than "Roe versus Wade".
I believe I have heard lawyers refer to Supreme Court cases as "X vee Y" but I don't recall hearing laypeople (such as newscasters) using "X vee Y' rather than "X versus Y" e.g. "Brown versus Board of Education" not "Brown vee Board of Education".
Am I tone deaf or is there a trend here?
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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