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Legal Research: Florida

It is recommended that an attorney be consulted when an interpretation of the law is needed. UCF library staff are not able to provide any legal advice. Legal Assistance Information

Finding a Case by Name, Citation, or Subject

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 Florida Digest.

Shepard's Florida Case Names Citator -- Reference KFF 59 .S48

"Table of Cases" volumes are included in:

Florida Jurisprudence, Second Edition -- Reference KFF 80 .F56
Florida Digest, Second Edition -- Reference KFF 47.6 .F55

Last Updated: Oct 31, 2022 11:12 PM
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Subjects: Florida, Government, Legal Studies, PUBLIC AFFAIRS & LAW

Tags: courts, law_reviews, laws, regulations, statutes