Shepardizing
This common traffic signal tells you when a case might be bad law.
What is a stop sign?
Not to be confused with treaties, this type of secondary source is a great place to start your research on a new legal topic.
What are treatises?
In 2022, this Supreme Court justice authored the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
Who is Justice Samuel Alito?
In Kahn v. Walmart Inc., 107 F.4th 585, a customer alleged this Walmart practice was deceptive.
What is misleading shelf prices/price discrepancies?
When using this view of your case search results, Shepards treatment is indicated by multicolored lines connecting cases.
What is ravel view?
This category of secondary material may not be up to date, so it is not the best place to start your legal research.
What are law journals and law reviews?
In this seminal Crim Pro case, this judge held the defendant "should have been advised of his right to remain silent and of his right to counsel."
Who is Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren?
Using advanced search options, we see that Walmart has been a party in this many court cases.
What is 6,177?
These are the two reasons Shepardizing is important.
What are 1) to make sure your document is good law, and 2) to find other documents that cite back to your document?
This publication is listed as the first "Top Secondary Source" for attorneys that practice tax law.
What is "Applying GAAP & GAAS"?
In Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 598 U.S. 508, this Supreme Court Justice authored the dissent, asserting the majority opinion did not properly appreciate the significance of Andy Warhol's art.
Who is Elena Kagan?
In Cotton v. Walmart, Inc., 361 So. 3d 1084, a Walmart maintenance worker testified that this standard procedure had not been followed.
What is daily cleaning of the floors?
What is court and date?
LexisNexis secondary materials provides access to this many different law dictionaries.
What is nine law dictionaries?
In a 1989 case, this judge held Cal. Gov't Code sec. 53728 was unconstitutional.
Who is Judge Carl West Anderson?
In this Title VII discrimination case against Walmart, the court found "reasonable people would find an environment to be hostile if supervisors make racist comments about them behind their backs."
What is LeGrand v. Walmart Stores East?
When reviewing a statute on Lexis, this symbol tells you the statute may be affected by pending legislation.
What is an upside down, yellow triangle with an exclamation point in the middle?
In Part VII of "Federal Habeas Corpus Practice and Procedure," this section of the secondary source tells you that "conditional release or retrial" are types of relief available in habeas corpus cases.
What is section 33.3?
In debating whether the House should impeach this judge in 1970, then-Representative Gerald Ford commented: "The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a moment in history."
Who is Justice William O. Douglas?
This note, published in the Columbia Business Law Review Journal, explores how Walmart can develop responsible gun sale policies as part of its corporate governance.
What is "NOTE: WALMART AND GUNS: A CASE STUDY IN MODERN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE"?