Frequently Asked Legal Research Questions

How do I track the judicial history of a case?

Knowing the judicial history of a case is important as overruled cases should not be cited in court.

Hard copy sources

·        Current Law Case Citators — these give details of the history of a case from 1947 onwards

Subscription based databases

·        Justis — in the cases database use the subsequent cases tab

·        Lawtel — the case law database will give details of cases that subsequently refer to the original case and any case that overrules it

·        Westlaw — under case analysis, there is a section on the history of the case

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