Finding a Document

You can retrieve a document if you know its citation, title, or docket number or if the document is referenced in a retrieved document or KeyCite result. To retrieve a document, do one of the following:

• At the Home page, type the citation for the document you want to find in the Find this document by citation text box and click GO. For details about entering a citation, see Tips for Entering a Citation.

  Note: To print the document as soon as it's retrieved, select the and Print check box.

• At the Home page, click Find a Case by Title, type at least one party name, select a jurisdiction, and click GO. See Finding a Case by Title (Party Names) for details.

• At the Home page, click Find a Case by Docket Number, type a docket number, select a jurisdiction, and click GO. See Finding a Case by Docket Number for details.

• At the Home page, click Find a Brief by Title, type at least one party name of the case for which the brief was written, select a jurisdiction, and click GO. See Finding a Brief by Title (Party Names) for details.

• At the Home page, click Find a Brief by Docket Number, type the docket number of the case for which the brief was written, select a jurisdiction, and click GO. See Finding a Brief by Docket Number for details.

• At the Home page, click Find a Document Using a Citation Template, type citation information in the appropriate text boxes, and click GO. See Finding a Document Using a Citation Template for details.

• Click a link for a referenced document in a retrieved document or KeyCite result.

If you are not already registered or signed on, you will be prompted to do so. Either your document or a list of documents matching your request is then displayed. If a list is displayed, you are not charged until you click a link to display a document.

• To browse a retrieved case using headnotes, click a headnote number. You will jump to the beginning of the corresponding paragraph in the text. To return to the headnote, click the highlighted paragraph number in the text.

• To access KeyCite information for a retrieved document, click the KeyCite status flag (if available) at the top of the document or click KeyCite this headnote from a case headnote. See Checking a Document in KeyCite and Viewing Citing References from a Case Headnote for details.

• To print the document, click Print Doc. See Printing Documents for details.

• To retrieve a document that is cited in the retrieved document, click its hypertext link.

• If your Find request retrieved a list of documents, you can retrieve the next or previous document in the list by clicking a Doc arrow at the bottom of the displayed document.

You can retrieve the following types of documents in this service by entering a citation:

Related Topics
Checking a Document in KeyCite
Printing Documents