Getting a Document

The LexisNexis® research system offers several ways, described below, to retrieve individual legal documents. Click a link to read more about getting a document. To use the Get a Document forms, click the Get a Document tab at the top of the product page and then click the appropriate subtab: Citation, Party Name, or Docket Number.

By Citation

By Party Name

By Docket Number

Getting a Document by Citation

To retrieve individual legal documents by citation, click the Get a Document tab at the top of the product page, click Citation, then enter an exact citation in the field provided. If you do not know a publication's exact citation format, you can click the "Citation Formats" link to launch a series of forms that help you locate the proper format and enter the correct citation.

The LexisNexis research system displays the text of the following types of documents when you enter their citations:

• Cases, federal and state
  
• Slip laws (Advance Legislative Service and Public laws)
  
• Administrative decisions
  
• Law review articles
  
• Congressional Record, Cumulative Bulletin, Federal Register, and Internal Revenue Bulletin items
  
• Private Letter Rulings
  
• Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures
  
• RIA Federal Tax Coordinator 2nd and Tax management portfolios
  

View these example formats to help you retrieve the documents listed above.

Additionally, can view the text of a code or statute section. Note that you may need to read adjacent sections to fully understand the implications of a code section.

View these example formats to help you retrieve code or statute sections.

Getting a Document by Party Name

You can use this feature to retrieve cases when you know the names of one or more of the parties involved. Enter the party names, select a jurisdiction, then click Search to retrieve the document. To find the dates covered by Federal and State courts, click the "Coverage Dates" link.

Getting a Document by Docket Number

You can use this feature to retrieve a case when you know its docket number. A typical docket number might be 88-3512, where the first two digits represent the year of the case. In some instances, a character other than a hyphen may separate the two groups of numbers comprising the docket number. In such an instance, you would enter 88 AND 3823.