Free Electronic Legal Research for Summer Clerkships Sue Altmeyer April, 2010

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Loislaw and Casemaker

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Casemaker Casemaker –Free w/ free student OSBA membership Casemaker Best low cost database for Ohio Ohio unreporteds back to 1981

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What’s on the Free Web All US Supreme Court Cases Reported Federal Appellate from 1882 Some Unreported Fed App, Fed District State cases: reported – unreported: early-mid nineties

What’s on the Free Web, contd Statutes & Regulations- federal and states Municipal Ordinances Law Review Articles Forms Dockets, Briefs & Pleadings LOTS more!

Start with a Good Internet Portal From the Library Home Page – Legal Research on the WebLibrary Home PageLegal Research on the Web Public Records & People Finders Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) FindLaw Other Portals

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Dockets PACER – Federal Court dockets PACER LLRX to find state court dockets LLRX Ohio – full text of documents on Summit and Montgomery CountySummitMontgomery See – Legal research on the Web- DocketsLegal research on the Web- Dockets

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Ohio Citation Manual Ohio Supreme Court >Clerk of Court and Case Info>Reporter of Decisions>note 1992 Manual of Citations, Revisions to manual Ohio Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions Camtasia presentation re. Ohio public domain cite, citation manual, reported v. unreported Camtasia presentation

Citation format Cases decided after May 1, 2002 must use web cite, and Official Reporter cite. Revisions to Manual of Citations, Bluebook p. 226 Revisions to Manual of Citations Bonacorsi v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Co., 95 Ohio St.3d 314, 2002-Ohio-2220, 767 N.E.2d Ohio N.E.2d 707 Brown v. McClain Constr. Co., 3d Dist. No , 2002-Ohio Ohio-2834

Citation format Web cite not available, and case is reported: Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co. (1985), 19 Ohio St.3d 100, 483 N.E.2d N.E.2d 150 Compare to Bluebook format - Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co., 483 N.E.2d 150 (Ohio 1985)483 N.E.2d 150

Citation Format Web cite not available and case not published : Jones v. Brown (Apr. 4, 1998), 8th Dist. No , or Jones v. Brown (Apr. 4, 1998), Cuyahoga App. No

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