Casemaker and Fastcase

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Casemaker and Fastcase

Contents Casemaker Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “Shepard’s –Like Feature” Other Loislaw Yes Yes – Ohio unreported 1997- “Yes” Treatises Casemaker Ohio unreported 1981- Some Jurisdictions - Jury Instruc., Jury Verdicts, More

Contents Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “Shepard’s –Like Feature” Fastcase Except 11 states – Internet links Fed App 1968-, Ohio 1950 -, Ohio unreported 2000-.Coverage Mostly Internet Links Yes Versuslaw See help, Content/ Features Fed if pay more, no state Ohio 1950 -. Ohio unreported 1995 -. Older Fed District More $ Fed if pay more, no State

Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Loislaw Yes - near2 No Yes Casemaker Yes - w/n, w/sent, w/para Fed together, State CASES together

Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Fastcase Yes - w/n Yes Date, cite look-up only Versus Law Yes default connector is ADJ 4 fields, see help For addtl fee