The Shepard's® Citation Service provides a comprehensive report of the cases, statutes, secondary sources, and annotations that cite your authority, including more recent cases that rely on your starting case. You can then use this report to quickly validate your research and ensure you have good law.
If you do not know the correct format for a citation you want to check, click the Citation Formats link. This launches a set of forms that guides you through the task of locating a citation's proper format, then provides you with a final form in which to enter a properly formatted citation.
Additionally, you can click on the links below to view examples of case law and statute citation formats, as well as analysis definitions.