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LoyalRebel

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Westlaw - Extracting citations used in the Case

Post by LoyalRebel » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:05 pm

Moved this post to the right forum. :oops:

It would save me SOOO much time if there was a way in which to list all the sources that are cited within a particular case on Westlaw or LexisNexis. I've found a way to list the cited cases, but I can't figure out how to list the statutes and/or secondary materials that are mentioned in the case. There has to be a way!

This case is 12 pages long with like 50-something citations - many of which are repeated throughout the text. I'd rather not have to go through and identify them individually and erase the duplicates manually.

Please help me save a ton of time on this BS legal research assignment.
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molazapuku

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Re: Westlaw - Extracting citations used in the Case

Post by molazapuku » Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:26 am

The LexisNexis Office plug-in is SUPPOSED to be able to do this. There is a "Pull Citations" button in the ribbon that tries to pull all citations to cases, documents, statutes etc. It ALMOST works...does a great job for cases but is not so good at figuring out Restatements and treatises. Does ok with statutes, but haven't used it as much on those.
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