How to Get a Document

Click on the “Get a Document” tab.  Click on the tab “by Citation” or “by Party Name.”

By Citation: Type in your citation – Click “Get” – that’s it!

Problem: You can’t pull up a document if you don’t know the exact citation.

Example: Your teacher verbally told you to find 41 California Reports 3rd 1, but “California Reports” is not the proper citation abbreviation.  To find the correct abbreviation, click “Citation Formats.”

By Party Name: Type in the names of the parties, select a jurisdiction, click “Search.”

You may get a list of possible matches.  Click on the case(s) that you want.

To begin your search, go the "Get a document" and "By Citation" tabs.  Next, click on the "Citation Formats" link to the right of the search box.

There are two ways you can retreive a document by citation after you complete this first step.

Option 1: Type in the name of the authority and click find.

From Option 1, few matching results may come up.  Click on the hyperlinked blue abbreviation that you want.

Option 2: Browse for the authority by clicking on the letter that the title begins with.

Click on the hyperlinked blue abbreviation that you want.

Next, type in the volume and page number.  Click Get.