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Resources for Cases

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Finding a Case by Name/Citation/Subject
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Annotations of Cases

Finding a Case by Name, Citation, or Subject

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Retrieve it using Shepard's Citations in the LexisNexis Academic database.

Need to find the citation for a popular case?

To distinguish a commonly cited popular case from other cases with similar names, consult:

Shepard's Acts & Cases by Popular Names, Federal & State
Call Number: Reference KF 90 .S52
"A compilation of popular names by which federal and state acts and cases have been referred to or cited together with an identification of... each case in terms of the volume and page reference where the text of the decision may be found."

Searching by party names or keywords for a case?

Search using Federal & State Cases in the LexisNexis Academic database, or use the appropriate digest covering the court, as identified in other sections of this research guide.

Legal Research: - Finding a Case

Resources for Cases

Finding a Case by Name, Citation, or Subject

Already have the citation for a case?

Need to find the citation for a popular case?

Searching by party names or keywords for a case?