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The Law: Using Federal and State Codes and Cases....: BUSA 2320

How many times have you started to write a research paper and wondered what does the law say about this?

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Using Lexis Nexis

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Locate Texas Supreme Court Cases -Jurisdiction

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o   U.S. Legal

o   Federal & State Cases

o   Jurisdiction as a Legal Topic.

o   Jurisdiction TEXAS.

o   SEARCH

o   More than 3000 hits.

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§  Cases (1000)

§  TX Court of Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals Cases from 1892 (909)

§  TX Supreme Court Cases fro 1840 (63)

§  Tx Court of Criminal Appeals from 1879 (28)

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Locate cases that discuss Merrell Dow Pharm. v. Havner --953 S. W. 2d 706 (Tex. 1997)

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Two Ways to do this:

            Look up Case Name-Merrell Dow Pharms. V. Havner

                        Look up a Legal Case--By Parties—See Decided.

                        Browse all the retrieved hits.

 

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            Look up the legal citation.  953 S. W. 2d. 706

                        Do you know what this legal citation means?

(South Western Reporter Second Edition. Vol. 953 / page 706.)

Look up a Legal Case –By Citation  953 S.W.2d 706 (2 hits).

 

 

 

Locate Alaskan Cases related to the Exxon Valdex Oil Spill

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o   U.S. Legal

o   Federal & State Cases

o   EXXON VALEZ in EVERYWHERE.

o   Jurisdiction ALASKA.

o   SEARCH

o   34 hits.

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§  Cases (34)

§  AK Supreme Court Cases from 1959 (30)

§  AK Court of Appeals Cases from 1980 (4)

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Locate California cases that discuss Proposition 65.

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o   U.S. Legal

o   Federal & State Cases

o   Proposition 65 in EVERYWHERE.

o   Jurisdiction CALIFORNIA.

o   SEARCH

o   91 hits.

o   First hit. ( See Proposition 65 mentioned in red. Note Over-the-counter Drug Labeling—Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 is also mentioned.    Where would you look this up?—State or Federal? (see Popular Name Table Tool in Law LibGuide).

o   Return to results.

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§  Cases (91)

§  CA Courts of Appeal Cases from 1905(87)

§  CA Supreme Court Cases from 1850 (4)

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Locate the case you are briefing and determine if it is still good law.

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o   Missouri Pacific RR Co. v. Navarro

§  90 S.W.3d 747

o   Can look up by Party Names or citation -- Look up a Legal Case.

 

o   Lets Use Shepard’s.

o   U.S Legal- Shepard’s Citations-Enter Citation 90 S.W.3d 747

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*MALS, University of Missouri

*MARE, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

*BME, University of Texas, San Antonio


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