Getting a Case or Statute

by Citation
Using either an official or unofficial citation, you can display the text of these types of documents:
· Cases, federal and state
· Slip laws (Advance Legislative Service and Public laws)
· Administrative decisions
· Law review articles
· Congressional Record
· Cumulative Bulletin
· Federal Register
· Internal Revenue Bulletin
· Private Letter Rulings
· Revenue Rulings
· Revenue Procedures

Some examples of different case citations include:
· 480 us 102 finds a Supreme Court case.
· 812 f.2d 911 finds a U.S. Court of Appeals case.
· 123 f.supp. 484 finds a U.S. District Court case.
· 351 a.2d 349 finds a state court case cited by its national reporter system cite.
· 69 n.j 123 finds a state court case cited by its official cite.
· 1997 us app lexis 19267 finds a LexisNexis™ cite.
· 104 pl 208 finds a public law.

by Party Name
Click this link to retrieve cases when you know the names of one or more of the parties. For example, to retrieve cases involving a party named Griggs, you would just enter griggs. To retrieve cases involving parties named Griggs and Duke, you would enter griggs AND duke.
by Docket Number
Click this link to retrieve a case when you know its docket number. A typical docket number might be 88-3512, where the first two digits represent the year of the case. In some cases, something other than a hyphen may separate the two groups of numbers comprising the docket number. In such a case you could enter, for example, 88 AND 3823.

Retrieve a Statute
You can display the full text of a code or statute section when you know the citation for the statute or regulation. Note that it is often necessary to read adjacent sections to fully understand the implications of a code section.
Some examples of different statute citations include:
· Type 28 uscs 1332 for a federal statute. The format is XX uscs YYY, where XX is the title number in the U.S. code and YYY is the section number.
· Type va code 8.01-229 for a state statute. The most common format is the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state, followed by the word "code" and then the section. However, many states use a different format; for more help with statute formats, click here.
· Type 23 cfr 750.110 for a section in the Code of Federal Regulations.
· Type fl admin 46-45.004 for a state administrative code.
· Type uscs const amend 4 to display the text of the fourth amendment to the constitution. You can find constitutional provisions as if they were statutory provisions.