Click the PRINT BUTTON above if you want to have these useful,
new, search tips at the ready.

Restrict Your Search by Date

Restrict the Number of Hits

Searching Multiple Jurisdictions Simultaneously
   After running your original search, hold the CTRL KEY and click on each additional jurisdiction you would like to add to your search as in the example below. Then click SUBMIT to rerun your search across the selected multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. To highlight all available jurisdictions on the list, click your mouse on the last item in the scroll box while holding the SHIFT KEY.

Default Relevancy Ranking
   If you run a keyword search using TheLaw.net, the opinion that contains that largest number of references to your search term will be displayed at the top of the list. Results digress in descending order from there based on this criteria.
   However, if you prefer to review results by date or jurisdiction, you can sort results by simply clicking the appropriate tab on the results list.

Two Ways to View the Next Opinion on Your List
   After viewing the first opinion on your list of search results, you can view the next opinion by selecting it from the list displayed on the left of the results page, as shown below. To select from the original detailed list of results, click on Return to Detailed Results.

           

View the Next Page of Results
   Opinions are displayed 10 at a time. To view the next 10 opinions click the appropriate link as shown below.

                                          
Scanning Results
   Search terms are highlighted in yellow, as shown below. You can also scan text for any specified term by clicking the Find Button from the Button Bar located across the top of the software's interface.

Edit Your Original Search or Run a New Search

Viewing a Judicial Opinion

   To view the entirety of a judicial opinion once it's been selected, click SaveAs/Print, as shown below.


   The opinion will then be displayed in a new window. Click the VIEW BUTTON in the BUTTON BAR to bring the opinion full screen (if it is not already.) Close the window when you are done viewing to return to the original results. If you want to retain the opinion in this window AND return to the results, select CASCADE from the WINDOWS MENU and you can toggle back to the original results window without losing the opinion you want to keep.

Printing a Judicial Opinion

     To print a judicial opinion that you retrieve from our proprietary case law database click the SAVE AS/PRINT LINK that appears directly above the caption of the opinion.



     The opinion will then be displayed full screen in a printer friendly window.

     Now, to print, simply click the PRINT BUTTON and close the new window when you are done to return to the original results.

Printing in Two Columns

     To print a judicial opinion in two columns, do the following:

     Using your keyboard hold, CTRL + A. This highlights the entire opinion. Now click the COPY BUTTON or hold CTRL + C. This copies all of the highlighted information. Now go to your word processor or email program, right click and select PASTE.

     Hold CTRL + A again to highlight the newly pasted opinion.

     Using your word processor's Form Menu select Columns. Click Two Columns. Click OK. Leaving the text highlighted, should you care to, go back to the Format Menu and select FONT. Set the Font to Arial 10 point and click OK. Looks nicer. Easier to read.

     Any questions, let us know.


Printing a Portion of a Document

     Generally speaking if you want to print a portion of a web based document you will have greater control if you copy the document to your word processor and print from there. Your word processor gives you a page count so you can print selected pages. Your word processor will also reliably always print only those portions of a document that you highlight with your mouse. In contrast, browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape and TheLaw.net have a harder time performing this task reliably.