CRJ 174A

LAW ARREST,SEARCH & SEIZURE

Horowitz

How to find a case if you know the parties.

Select the database

Click here

Click on L

Select LEXIS/NEXIS

If you have the name of a case, type in

the parties

Click to retrieve the case

Citations

Read the case

Print or email the case

The case sent as plain text file

If you are looking for a case but are not sure of the names of the parties or how they will appear

Click on Legal

Research

Select theAppropriatejurisdiction

Click on theAppropriate

state

Type in the names. Use this format

Name Pre/# name

Lorenzana pre/5 Superior

This finds Lorenzana within 5words of Superior in this

order if you want one name before the other.

If you are not sure of the order, thenUse “with”

Name w/# name

Lorenzana w/5 superiorFinds Lorenzana within 5 words

In any order

Change the datebox appropriately

These are not the Lorenzana case butProbably cite to it.Look at the case.

Use the find feature to look for the name of the case

Click on the Edit buttonAnd click on Find

Type in a keyword

Here is case and its citation

One can now go to the Basic Legal Research

Page and search by citation, 9 Cal. 3d 626

Type in the citation

Type in the citation and change the button

Now the right case has been retrieved

Note this is the case

If you have a citation to begin with, then just use the Find a Case from either the initial page or the Legal Research page.

For example, you want to find Mapp vs. Ohio and your not sure of the name but you do have the citation: 367 U.S. 643

Here is the quick search page and the citeTyped in

Here is the case