Re: Case Text Comparisons - LEXIS Citations

From: Alan D. Sugarman (sugarman@hyperlaw.com)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2000 - 21:27:38 PDT


You did not pick a representative test circuit because West is the slip
printer for the 5th Circuit.

Try the 9th, 10th, or 2nd ...

At 06:03 PM 4/24/00 -0600, T. R. Halvorson wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>In connection with a forthcoming article, I would like to compare the
>text of three cases as provided on West's Premise CD-ROMs and Matthew
>Bender's Lexis Law on Disc CD-ROMs to the text provided by a third
>source that I am researching. The text as provided by the third source
>contains LEXIS citations. I'd like to find out whether LEXIS citations
>are present in the Premise and Lexis CD-ROM versions.
>
>The three cases are all from the 5th Circuit:
>
>United States v. Meuller, 168 F.3d 186 (5th Cir. 1999).
>Williamson v. City of Houston, 148 F.3d 462 (5th Cir. 1998).
>Surgical Care Center v. Hospital Service District, 153 F.3d 220 (5th
>Cir. 1998).
>
>The Premise and Lexis CD-ROMs to which I have access do not cover the
>5th Circuit. Hence my inquiry here. If any of you have either CD-ROM
>service covering the 5th Circuit, might you do me a favor: pull the
>three cases and let me know whether whether they contain LEXIS
>citations?
>
>Thank you.
>
>T. R.
>
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