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To Shepardize a citation is to ascertain the subsequent treatment of a legal decision, thus putting its precedential value in a complete context. The term originates from the common historical use of Shepard’s Citation Service to track the treatment of specific decisions. The importance of Shepardizing was highlighted to a national audience during an oral argument in the trial of O.J. Simpson.
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The Shepard's® Citations Service available in Nexis Uni® 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. When researching and citing cases, make sure the case is valid and citable. By Shepardizing a case, you can determine whether the case is still "good law."
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To Shepardize a case or document:
Type shep followed by a colon (:) in the Search box, followed by the document citation. For example:
shep: 118 us 356
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