For background information when briefing a case, it may be helpful if a law review or law journal article has mentioned that case when explaining a topic of law. Below is an example of how to search for a case.
Sample Case: Kelo v. City of New London
- Go to Nexis Uni.
- Under Guided Search, click Law Reviews.
- The 2d search box is now Search in all Law Reviews for.
- Type in case name OR citation:
- 545 u.s. 469
- OR
- kelo w/sent city of new london (This search will find the case names in the same sentence.)
- Have option to Choose date range.
- Click Search.
- Will now see list of law review articles
- May browse articles or filter the results by options in the left column.
- Click on a blue link to read full text of an article.