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Citations
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Searches
100
connector that links words or phrases; requiring both words/phrases to appear anywhere within the same document
What is And
100
Baker v. General Motors Corp., 522 U.S. 222, 228 (1998).
What is a case
100
1. Find out if a case is still good law, or 2. Find cases that have cited our main source (a case or statute, etc) for researching purposes
What are the reasons we Shepardize
100
Automatically saves your research for 90 days
What is the history folder
100
recycl! W/25 fast food W/10 container OR package
What is Information about efforts in the fast food industry to use recyclable packaging.
200
root expander which replaces characters at the end of a word
What is !
200
42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (2000).
What is a statute
200
indicates negative analysis to an issue in your case (i.e. – overruled, reversed, questioned)
What is the red stop sign
200
Automatic updates on new and important information
What is Shepard's Alerts
200
bankrupt! W/25 discharg! AND student OR college OR education W/5 loan
What is bankruptcy discharge of student/college/educational loans
300
looks for documents with search terms in the same sentence or paragraph respectively
What is w/s, w/p
300
David C. Fortney, Note, Thinking Outside the "Black Box": Tailored Enforcement in Environmental Criminal Law, 81 TEXAS L. REV. 1609 (2003).
What is a law review article (student written)
300
Indicates that only positive analysis is available for your case (i.e. – followed or adopted)
What is the plus sign
300
Customizable and shareable place to save a document or section of text from a search, within Lexis Advance
What are your folders
300
writtenby(o'connor) AND age W/5 discriminat!
What is opinions by Justice O'Connor that discuss age discrimination
400
replaces letters or a letter in a word
What is *
400
VICTOR E. SCHWARTZ & EVELYN F. ROWE, COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE 22 (2002).
What is a book
400
Indicates that the citing references in the Shepard’s® Citations Service contain treatment that questions the continuing validity or precedential value of your case
What is the orange "Q"
400
A free way to view the contents of a document without opening it
What is table of contents
400
warrant! /s search! or seiz! /s cell phone or cell-phone or phon! or wireless /p clos! /s contain!
What is warrants for the search and seizure of a cell phone and the closed container doctrine
500
looks for documents with search words within a designated number of words from another
What is w/n
500
H.R. Rep. No. 99-226, at 8 (1985), reprinted in 1985 U.S.C.C.A.N. 278, 289.
What is a federal report
500
Indicates that only neutral analysis is available for your case (i.e. – explained or moot)
What is the blue "A"
500
Automatically traces the development of a rule of law and provides a list of cases that were used to create the rule and a list of cases that follow the rule
What is the Legal Issues Trail
500
(uninsured! or underinsur!) w/2 Motorist w/50 stack! w/2 claim* Filter: timeline to Feb. 14, 2000 to present
What is uninsured/underinsured motorist and stacking of claims after Feb. 14, 2000