Guide to Wisconsin Legal Information Sources  Tags: legal_sources wisconsin_law  

Access

Source

Contents

Coverage

Additional Information

Fastcase

http://www.wisbar.org/fastcase

Federal, States

Sup. Ct. 1754→
Fed Circ. Cts. 1924→
Fed. District Cts. 1912→
States vary (most 1950→)

Search by citation, party name, keyword & docket number

WisBar Legal Research

http://www.wisbar.org/legalres/

Wisconsin

1995→

Search by keyword, docket number, party name, date, & public domain citation

Google Books

http://tinyurl.com/cp3klp

Wisconsin

1^st series, 1860→ (incomplete)

Browse or search within book

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com/

Federal, States

Sup. Ct. pre 1776→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1924→
Fed. District Cts. ?→
States vary (most mid 1950s→)

AltLaw

http://www.altlaw.org/

Federal

Sup. Ct. 1803→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1950→

Search by citation, party name, date & keyword

PreCYdent

http://www.precydent.com/

Federal, States

Sup. Ct. 1759→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1950→
Fed. District Cts. 2004→
States vary (most mid 1990s→)

Search by citation, party name, & keyword

Public Library of Law

http://www.plol.org

Federal, States

Sup. Ct. 1791→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1950→
States 1997→

Search by citation, party name, docket number & keyword

Justia

http://www.justia.com/

Federal

Sup. Ct. 1791→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1950→
Fed. District Cts. 2004→

Search by citation, party name, & keyword

FindACase

http://www.findacase.com/

Federal, States

Sup. Ct. 1886→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1930→
Fed. District Cts. vary (most 1940s→)
States vary (most 1990s→)

Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Content free but does not contain citation or docket number - $3 extra per case for those)

Open Jurist

http://openjurist.org/

Federal

Sup. Ct. 1754→
Fed. Circ. Cts. 1880→

Shepards Public Access Service

Available in library

Federal, States

Comprehensive

Retrieve by citation only

Westlaw Public/Patron Access

Available in library

Federal, States

Comprehensive

Search by citation or keyword

 -or-

Loislaw

Available in library -or-

http://www.loislaw.com

Federal, States

(MPL = WI only)

Sup. Ct. 1754→
Fed Circ. Cts. 1924→
States vary (most 1930s→)

Coverage good, fairly economical

VersusLaw

http://www.versuslaw.com

Federal, States

Varies (most 1930s→)

Coverage good, very economical

LexisNexis

http://www.lexisnexis.com

Choose package for your needs

Comprehensive

Coverage & cost varies by package

Westlaw http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/

Choose package for your needs

Comprehensive

Coverage & cost varies by package

LexisNexis by Credit Card

 https://cert-web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/cc_prods.asp

Federal,

States

Comprehensive

Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Search free -  Pay for documents viewed – approx. $9/doc)

Westlaw by Credit Card

http://creditcard.westlaw.com

Federal, States

Comprehensive

Retrieve by citation only ($22/doc)