Well, how else are they going to claim copyright? ;-)
Brian L. Baker
Director of the Law Library & Assistant Professor of Law
The University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law
Office: 202-274-7354 Facsimile: 202-274-7311
Email: bbaker@udc.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Neaves [mailto:Tneaves@mitchellmcnutt.com]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:00 PM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: West / Lexis: Discrepancy in case law language
On Sept.20, I posted information about a situation in which the language of
an opinion from the Ms. Supreme Court differed between the West version and
the Lexis version.
The case in question was: "Boardman v. United Services Automobile
Association" (470 So.2d 1024; 1985 Lexis 2095). According to the Clerk of
the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi, their review indicates that
the version online with LEXIS matches their original opinion and is correct.
The docket of the Court does not indicate that there were editorial
corrections made to the original opinion. Apparently, West editors simply
took it upon themselves to alter the language of the court.
Teresa Neaves
Librarian
Mitchell, McNutt, & Sams, P.A.
P.O. Box 7120 (38802)
105 S. Front St.
Tupelo, MS 38804
662-620-6254
662-842-8450 (Fax)
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