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2. Case Law: Citing, Locating, And Reading Reported Cases

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This article is from the Legal Research FAQ, by Mark Eckenwiler with numerous contributions by others.

2. Case Law: Citing, Locating, And Reading Reported Cases

Because there are so many courts churning out opinions all
across the U.S., there are correspondingly numerous published sets
("reporters") of the decisions of these various courts. This
chapter describes briefly a) how to find a case if you have a cite
for it, b) the functions served by the respective reporters, and
c) the format in which printed cases appear.

 

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