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2. How do I find court cases when I know the citation?

If you know the citation for given court cases, there are two ways to enter your search. Court cases with both civil and criminal implications, decided in the U.S. Supreme Court and other state and federal courts, may be searched.

For VersusLaw Standard plan members, enter the citation for the court cases directly into the search query box. When searching for information on court cases, it's best not to use the entire long citation as your search, as it doesn't always appear that way in the actual court case. For instance, instead of searching for

Cameron v. State, 988 S.W.2d 835 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1999)

use just the short reporter citation. This will bring up your court case, as well as other opinions that cite to your court case.

988 S.W.2d 835

VersusLaw Premium and Professional plan members are able to utilize V.Cite for direct court cases citation searches as well as to assist in determining the validity of a given court case. Select V.Cite on the main search query page, enter the volume, select the reporter and enter the page number to search for your court case. For civil or criminal court cases at the federal, state, or Supreme Court level, whether famous or obscure, V.Cite is the perfect citation solution.

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