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Case Law
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American Law Reports. (A.L.R.; A.L.R. 2d; A.L.R. 3d; A.L.R. 4th; A.L.R. 5th)
KF 105 .A4x (Ref)
Kept up to date with pocket parts. Usually start with the index. This is a gold mine, if you can find an annotation dealing with your point of law. Each annotation collects, organizes, and evaluates all the case law relevant to a specific point of law or fact situation. Each A.L.R. annotation is preceded by the opinion in a recent appellate case. The case is used to illustrate the later annotation. Use the pocket parts.
American Law Reports
ALR Federal. (A.L.R. Fed)
KF 105 .A41x (Ref)
Callaghan's Michigan Digest
(Callaghan's Mich.Dig.)
KFM 4245.1 .C3x (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative pocket parts.
Michigan Digest
(First Series) [West Publishing] (Mich.Dig.)
KFM 4245.1 .M52x 1971 (Ref)
State of Michigan Michigan Reports
KFM 4245 .A3 (Ref)
Contains decisions of the Michigan Supreme Court. Does not contain decisions of the Michigan Court of Appeals. These cases are in West's North Western Reporter. More info
Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)
This Federal database contains the full text of Supreme Court decisions issued between 1937 and 1975. It is meant as a finding aid to the official version in the United States Reports. The most recent opinions can be found on the Supreme Court - Opinions site. Online access to all the decisions is available from LexisNexis.
United States Reports"The bound volumes of the United States Reports contain the fourth and final generation of the Court's opinions. ... However, the materials collected here contain not just opinions, but the full text, from cover through index, of bound volumes 502 et seq., including all of the opinions, orders, and other materials issued for the Court's 1991 Term and subsequent years. Additional volumes will be included here after they are published in print form."
See KF 101 .U5x (Ref) in Waldo Library for the printed official volumes of the U.S. Supreme Court opinions from October 1937 to date.
United States Supreme Court Reports Lawyer's Edition
(L.Ed; L.Ed.2d.)
KF 101 .U52x; KF 101 .U52x 2d ser. (Ref)
Beginning with the organization of the U.S. Supreme Court at the February Term, 1790, every case decided by the Supreme Court can be found here. It is our only source of U.S.Supreme Court opinions before 1937. Published by Lawyers CoOperative, they give their annotations, analysis, and summary of the main holdings of each case.
West's Federal Reporter
(F.; F.2d; F.3d)
KF 115 .F4x General Stacks
Part of West's National Reporter System. Publishes, among other things, the decisions and opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Claims (which adjudicates suits against the federal government), and the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
West's Federal Supplement
(F.Supp.)
KF 120 .F4x General Stacks
Part of West's National Reporter System. Publishes decisions of the U.S. District Courts (since 1932) and decisions of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
West's Michigan Digest 2d
(Second Series) (Mich.Dig.2d)
KFM 4257 .W47x 1989 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative pocket parts.
West's North Eastern Reporter
(N.E.; N.E.2d)
KF 135 .N6 General Stacks
West's North Western Reporter
(N.W.; N.W.2d)
KF 135 .N7 (Ref)
A regional reporter in West's National Reporter System which contains decisions of state appeals courts in 7 states, including Michigan.
West's Pacific Reporter
(P.; P.2d)
KF 135 .P2 General Stacks
West's Supreme Court Reporter
(S.Ct.)
KF 101 .S9x (Ref)
Part of West's National Reporter System. As with other volumes in this series, the text of each decision is preceded by headnotes, which are classified by digest topics and subtopics and contain short abstracts of the legal issues in the case.
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