Real Estate Law Resources at the Anchorage Law

Library

Catherine Lemann, JD, MLISJanuary 2008

clemann@courts.state.ak.us

Library HoursMonday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m.

Contact us Call the Reference Desk: 907-264-

0585 Email us:

library@courts.state.ak.us Fax a request: 907-264-0733 NEW Toll-Free Number for Alaska

callers: (888) 282-2082

What are your research needs? What are the biggest challenges in

real estate law today? Do you use a current awareness

service? How do you research issues? What tools and resources do you use? What tools and resources would you

like to see in the library?

Resources in the Law Library Things you still can’t get online –

Books! Treatises and Law Reviews can be

checked out by Bar members We can mail them to you if you’re

not in Anchorage

Finding Aids Legal Information Buyer’s Guide

and Reference Manual- Svengalis Descriptions and pricing for legal

titles arranged by subject matter

Treatises Friedman, Contracts and

Conveyances of Real Property, 7th ed Powell on Real Property Nichols’ on Eminent Domain Federal Environmental Regulation of

Real Estate Condominium and Homeowner

Association Practice, 3rd ed

Treatises Introduction to the Law of Real

Property 2nd ed (4th is available) Patton and Palomar on Land Titles Law of Condominium Operations Clark on Surveying and Boundaries Anderson’s American Law of Zoning Rathkopf’s Law of Zoning & Planning

Treatises American Land Planning Law: Land Use

and the Police Power A Practical Guide to Real Estate

Practice Thompson on Real Property Commercial Ground Leases Commercial Real Estate Forms w/ CD Holtzschue, Real Estate Contracts and

Closings

Alaska.gov Alaska Real Estate commission

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/prec.htm

Treatises The Law of Premises Liability Tax Planning with Real Estate BNA Tax Management Portfolios

HeinOnline Over 1,000 full text journals Coverage often begins with volume

1 CFR, Federal Register, Statutes at

Large Only available in the library, but

we can email articles

FREE Westlaw at the Library All State/Federal cases & statutes No administrative decisions USCA, USCCAN ALR 2nd – 5th

Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts and Trials Journals and Law Reviews Key Cite

Alaska Case Law Database http://government.westlaw.com/akcases Alaska Supreme Court and Court of

Appeals All published opinions back to 1960 Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back to

1991, with older decisions being added

No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers

Alaska Case Law Database Word searchAND, OR, BUT NOT

Truncation ! trust! will find trust and trustee disab! will find disabled and disability

Search by phrase – use quotes “irrevocable trust”

Use the singular form – it will automatically look for plurals

Alaska Case Law Database Once you’re in a case, can use

Control-F to find specific search terms

Space = OR so remember to type AND if you are looking for both terms in a case

Example: Sex! AND discriminat! Sex age AND discriminat!

Casemaker New Bar Association benefit Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) –

current With page numbers

Attorney General Opinions From 1995

Alaska Law Review Volume 14 - current

Casemaker Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau,

Seward, Kenai Borough Codes Statutes – no currency indication Court rules – no currency

indication No employment specific resources Citator? Limited usefulness

Casemaker – Federal U.S. Supreme Court 1893 - Current

U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d (1993) - current U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol. 401(2005) - current adv. sheet U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005) U.S. Code

Titles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006Titles 42-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005

Public Laws Includes laws passed by the 2005-2006 109th Congress and 2007 110th Congress to date

Code of Federal RegulationsTitles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007Titles 17-27 complete through 4/1/2007Title 28-31 complete through 7/1/2007Titles 32-41 complete through 7/1/2006Titles 42-50 complete through 10/1/2006

U.S. Constitution Federal Court Rules

Casemaker Basic search is natural language Advanced Search

Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date

Word Form – exact , wildcard * Proximity – word, sentence,

document, within 500 or 1000 characters

Alaska court dockets Courtview Courts included: Anchorage,

Barrow, Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Nome, Palmer and Unalakleet

Free Pacer Access Federal Court docketing system Nationwide Two year trial Available in all court law libraries

Need help? Call the library reference desk if you have

questions: (907) 264-0585 or (888) 282-2082

Reference librarians can walk you through searching or finding a website to help

We have thousands of forms available Catalog is on-line: http://

www.state.ak.us/courts/library.htm You can check out treatises for 3 days We will mail them to you if you live outside

Anchorage