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Find Cases, Statutes, and Legislation in Westlaw
On Westlaw's main page, select the type of source you want:
- Cases
- Statutes & Court Rules
- Proposed & Enacted Legislation
After making your selection, you will be taken to a page where you can either search that content, or navigate to more specific content (e.g., by state).
Search Tips
| AND | Type AND between each new word or ideas. For example: animals AND welfare |
| " " | Use quotation marks when you want two or more words to be together. For example: "South Korea" "climate change" |
| OR | Include one or more words. For example: pets OR dogs OR cats |
| /n |
Find words within "n" words of the second. |
KeyCite in Westlaw
Westlaw's KeyCite is used to determine if a case is good law, and to find documents that cite the case.
- Search for a case (by citation or topic).
- When viewing the case, look for the KeyCite flag.
According to Westlaw:
"The flags tell you that you should not rely on the case.
- A red flag warns that the case is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
- A yellow flag warns that the case has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled."