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Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 03:00 PM

    Finding legal cases

    Um, I'm a law student, so I have access to LexisNexis and Westlaw for free through my school. Anyone can use the pay-per-search feature on LexisNexis, lawyer or not. I don't know how expensive it is, though.

    Otherwise, sometimes the decisions are posted on the internet on findlaw and otherwise. Most famous supreme court deicisions are available on the internet somewhere. Many state supreme courts post their decisions as well.

    If you don't know the citation, on Lexis, you can choose "9th Circuit District Level Federal Cases" and search for the names, and then you find it.

    I guess it's pretty opaque if you don't have Lexis or Westlaw.

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