What is a citator and why are they important to determining the current status of a case?
What are the names of Westlaw's and Lexis's online citators? Briefly describe
Shepard's Citations.
A citator is a book or online service that provides the history and interpretation of a statute, regulation, or court decision and a list of the cases, statutes, and regulations that have interpreted, applied, or modified a statute or regulation. Citators are important to determine whether a case is still "good law" or whether it may be "bad lawâ€"that is, whether it has been reversed or modified on appeal.
Both Westlaw and Lexis provide online citators. In Lexis, the primary citator is Shepard's. Westlaw provides a similar service, called KeyCite.
Shepard's Citations has developed the most comprehensive system of case citators
in the United States. Shepard's lists every case published in an official or unofficial reporter by its citation. Every region of the National Reporter System, and more, is covered. Shepard's has been so widely used in the legal profession that the term Shepardizing means checking what has happened to a case over time. One of the most valuable functions of Shepard's is that it provides a means to verify the history
of a case. For example, if a paralegal wants to know whether a certain court decision has been reversed by a higher court, Shepard's provides that information. Shepard's is available in both printed and online (through Lexis) versions. It takes some time before the printed versions of Shepard's citators are updated, so a paralegal is most likely to use the online version to make sure his research is up to date.
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