The Judicial and Case Law Module: Segments


Cases – Both Federal and State

CITE   The citation of the case location in a reporter or on the Lexis Service.
CITE(1993 u.s. dist. Lexis 14224)
CONCURBY   The last name(s) of the judge(s) writing the Concur, Concur in part or Concur in part and Dissent in part opinion.
CONCURBY(Souter)
COUNSEL   The name of any person or entity representing a party or interest in the case.
COUNSEL(Gerry pre/2 Spence)
COURT   The name of the court in which the case was heard.
COURT(Kansas and Supreme)
DISPOSITION   The final decision of the court.
DISPOSITION(motion denied)
DISSENTBY   The last name(s) of the judge(s) writing the Dissent, Dissent in part or Concurring in part and Dissenting in part opinion.
DISSENTBY(Blackmun)
HEADNOTES   Legal issues that are pertinent to the case, as provided by the court.
HEADNOTES(due process)
HISTORY   Contains the prior and subsequent history of the case.
HISTORY(appealed)
JUDGES   Information about the judges of the court hearing the case.
JUDGES(O'Connor)
NAME   Provides the ability to search the NAMES of either, both, or all of the parties involved in the case.
NAME(Topeka Board of Education)
NOTICE   Provides the capability to search on any disclaimers regarding the finality of the opinion and any disclaimers regarding the publication status.
NOTICE(publication)
NUMBER   Contains the docket number(s) assigned to the case by the court.
NUMBER(86-DR-0038)
OPINIONBY   The last name(s) of the judge(s) writing the majority opinion.
OPINIONBY(Rehnquist)
OPINIONS   Search OPINION, DISSENT and CONCUR at one time.
OPINIONS(lawnmower w/15 product liability)
WRITTENBY   Search OPINIONBY, CONCURBY and DISSENTBY at one time.
WRITTENBY(Smith)