UCF Research Guides: Nexis Uni Help: Searching Cases

This page provides links to a few of the sources available in Nexis Uni.

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Searching Cases

Nexis Uni Advanced Search: Cases
Nexis Uni Sources: Cases
Use the filters in the left column to limit to specific states or practice areas/topics. Select multiple to search more than one area together.

Shepardizing:

after connecting to Nexis Uni with NID & NID password
Type shep followed by a colon (:) in the Search box, followed by the document citation. For example:
- shep: 410 us 73

Shepardize a document - how to (Nexis Uni)
website includes
- Shepard's® Citation Formats and Alphabetical List of Editorial Phrases
- Shepard's Signal™ Indicators
- Working with the Results of a Shepard's Search

General information about Shepard's -- NOTE: The descriptions are not specific to the Nexis Uni database and some functionality mentioned may not be operational in Nexis Uni:

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Cases, Lawyers' Edition
"The United States Supreme Court file contains the full text opinions of all Supreme Court Lawyers' Edition cases since 1790."
United States Supreme Court Cases & Comments
"Part I provides an overview of Supreme Court cases interpreting the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, .... Part II includes detailed summaries and legal analysis of every major criminal law and procedure case decided by the Supreme Court since the 1979-1980 Term, as well as important non-criminal cases addressing the issues discussed in Part I."

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs (1993+) (Nexis Uni)
selected coverage 1936+
U.S. Supreme Court Transcripts (1979+) (Nexis Uni)
This file contains transcripts of oral argument in front of the United States Supreme Court.

State Courts

Florida Supreme Court Cases (1846+)
Florida Courts of Appeal Cases (1957+)
Florida Supreme Court Cases (1846+) and Florida Courts of Appeal Cases (1957+)
On the resulting search page select "Add All These as Search Filters" to restrict to these sources.

Nexis Uni Sources: State Cases
Alabama - Wyoming
Select "Add All These as Search Filters" at the top right of the sources to search all states together

Federal Circuit & District Courts

11th Circuit - U.S. Court of Appeals Cases
11th Circuit includes the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
11th Circuit - U.S. District Court Cases
includes cases from Florida district courts in the Northern, Middle & Southern districts