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1. y KeyCite History Se e law select the KeyCite History check Negative History Only v box then choose the desired option from the drop down list KeyCite Citing References To modify the citing references options for case law select the KeyCite Citing References check box and then click Limit Citations OK Cancel Figure 4 4 KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box showing the Cases tab 5 You can choose the KeyCite history you want to include in the preset service Select the KeyCite History check box Choose one of these options Negative History Only Show Full History Excluding Court Docs or Show Full History Including Court Docs To retrieve citing references select the KeyCite Citing References check box To restrict the citing references click Limit Citations The dialog box in Figure 4 5 on page 25 is displayed Select the restrictions you want to apply to the citing references Click Apply Limits Click OK in the KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box 24 Customizing WestCheck com Document Type Jurisdiction Date Range Depth of Treatment Court Documents Elrria Diar E O D D o o O Dr O O E O Secondary Sources A Mia Bor L E el Apply Limits Figure 4 5 KeyCite Cases Limits dialog box For Statutes 1 Complete steps 1 4 under For Case Law on page 24 The KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 4 4 on page 24 2 Click the Stat2. 4 Click Apply then click OK Modifying Your Report Options You can modify the format and contents of reports for WestCheck results These reports are generated by one of the available WestCheck com services 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click WestCheck Options and Preset Services A dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Result Report tab 3 Select your report options as shown in Figure 4 2 on page 23 4 Click Apply then click OK when you have finished making changes to the report options 22 Customizing WestCheck com General Result Report Preset Services Select Citation Categories A a Select to have WestCheck create a summary report for your results en A Select to have WestCheck print the KeyCite status flags in your Find results General Select to print the entire case attached to an unverified quotation Select Citation to display results from all services for each citation Select Service to display results from one service for all citations followed by results for the next service for all citations OK Cancel Apply Figure 4 2 WestCheck Result Report options Creating Preset Services You can create preset services to combine the WestCheck KeyCite Find QuoteRight and Cited Decisions services and access them as a single service To create a preset service complete the following steps 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click W
3. Citation List 10 Browse Quotes Run WestCheck Add ciation KeyCite History and Find The preset service you choose here Quote Cited will be saved for the next session mer oyar Citation KeyCite Find Right Decisions Y See Full Citation Vv K r r W Tex Labor Code Vin Ww r Ann 451 001 Vernon 270 Ma 25 547 Mim W r D Figure 4 8 Preset services drop down list Selecting Citation Categories You can specify the categories that are included in your citations list WestCheck com automatically places each citation in the citations list into one of the following categories Cases Statutes Law Reviews and Bar Journals Court Rules and Orders Administrative Reports and Decisions Regulations 26 Customizing WestCheck com To change which categories are displayed complete the following steps 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click WestCheck Options and Preset Services A dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Select Citation Categories tab see Figure 4 9 General Result Report Preset Services Select Citation Categories Please check the categories that should be included in your citation list Clear the check box preceding any categories you don t want to SelectAll DeselectAll include in your citations list OK Cancel Apply y Figure 4 9 Select Citation Categories tab Clear the check box
4. WESTCHECK COM USER MANUAL FOR MICROSOFT WORD AND COREL WORDPERFECT NOVEMBER 2010 WESTCHECK COM USER MANUAL NOVEMBER 2010 West Customer Service Westlaw Technical and Search Assistance available 24 hours a day Ifyou have general or technical questions about Westlaw call West Customer Technical Support at 1 800 WESTLAW 1 800 937 8529 or send an e mail message to west support thomson com If you have search questions about Westlaw call the West Reference Attorneys at 1 800 REF ATTY 1 800 733 2889 or send an e mail message to west referenceattorneys thomson com Technical and search assistance is also available online at help west thomson com Law students with general technical or search questions about Westlaw can call 1 800 850 WEST 1 800 850 9378 Accessibility Support For information on West s accessibility policy go to west thomson com accessibility Billing and Account Assistance For billing and account assistance call 1 800 328 4880 Billing and account assistance is also available online at west thomson com support Westlaw Training For information about Web based training telephone training or in person training visit west thomson com westlaw training Reference Materials For free reference materials visit west thomson com westlaw guides Westlaw and other West products also contain valuable online Help About This Guide In this guide the graphics and step by step instructions are based on
5. Quotes 1 A eee SC Iu uM 6 STATEMENT OF FACTS v eer Supp 232 D D The evidence at the hearing is accurately described by defendants D Br 2 3 The expert testimony from plaintiffs environmental health consultant Robert W Powitz PhD and defendants Director of Environmental Health Patricia Feeney was based largely on inspections of the jails common areas and a sample of housing units 124 F 26 162 D m drawn by Dr Powitz using a standard methodology A386 T426 28 which defendants did not challenge The sample comprised over 90 cellblocks and about 64 dormitory housing units A447 T587 29CFR S eis A Sanitation E Figure 3 1 Citations list showing a quotation VIEWING A LIST OF QUOTATIONS EXTRACTED FROM YOUR DOCUMENT 1 Click Browse Quotes at the top of the citations list The QuoteBrowser is displayed see Figure 3 2 5e0Us 366 319 aL App 3d 825 202 un 201 Ej E 540 U s 419 to seek evidence o 329 Md 370 392 373 Md 426 433 zs u s c 1 22 286 U S 417 424 E Z Unattached Quotes History tells us jT awil of the D that any depar D wills v State 3 E E d if a taxpayer rece Figure 3 2 QuoteBrowser 2 Click a quotation in the QuoteBrowser to display the corresponding quotation in your document 3 Detach a quotation from a citation by dragging the quotation under Unattached Quotes 4 Attach a quotation by selecting the quota
6. C indicates that the case or administrative decision has citing references but no direct history or negative citing references or that the statute or regulation has citing references but no applicable history DEPTH OF TREATMENT CATEGORIES Examined The citing case administrative decision or brief contains an extended discussion of the cited case or administrative decision usually more than a printed page of text Discussed The citing case administrative decision or brief contains a substantial discussion of the cited case or administrative decision usually more than a paragraph but less than a printed page XxX Cited The citing case administrative decision or brief contains some discussion of the cited case or administrative decision usually less than a paragraph Mentioned The citing case administrative decision or brief contains a brief reference to the cited case or administrative decision usually in a string citation Reading Offline Reports READING CITATION CHECKING RESULTS IN OFFLINE PLAIN TEXT REPORTS WestCheck results generated from one of the available Westlaw services consist of a header page summary report citator or document service report billing report and end page 12 Using WestCheck com 6020239 H 1 Red Flg2 Red Flg3 Red Flg4 Red Flg5 Red Flg6 Red Fig el Flg8 Ng v superior Court 52 CaT App 4th IOIOCI997 keycite Request 52 Cal App 4th 1010 KEYCITE R
7. accessing Westlaw via the Internet Because of the evolving nature of Internet technology there may be recent changes to the Westlaw interface and functionality that are not reflected in this documentation Information in this guide is current through November 2010 Author Tanya Zehnder Sr Technical Writer ALR Am Jur Federal Practice and Procedure KeyCite National Reporter System WestCheck WestCheck com West Key Number System Westlaw and West s are registered trademarks of West Publishing Corporation Microsoft and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks of Corel Corporation 2010 Thomson Reuters All rights reserved West 610 Opperman Drive Eagan MN 55123 1396 Printed in the United States of America Contents 1 INTRODUCTION TO WESTCHECK COM 1 Introducing WestGCheck TEE 2 System Requiremerits io eoe dede Ee aA chad EE Eeer tr dvds 2 Browser Requirements 2 Compatible Word Processors unuanur rnrn aneren renarena aroraa 2 Pricing IOMA Ss ee een E a de en er Eet Eegiel ee 2 About WestCheck com SEUA a utes 2 Secure Sockets Layer Technology 0 0 00 nanne eee b eee ss 2 Services Available in WestCheck com 2 0 0 eee nan 3 qus LEE 3 pine I PPP Cited DECISIONS CPE 4 QuoteRight siii ie dE dee WE EEN Ae 4 2 USING WESTCHECK COM 53 1 x K case mean aa
8. citing references OK Cancel Figure 2 10 KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box showing the Cases tab 2 Tochoose the KeyCite history you want to view select the KeyCite History check box and then choose one of the following options OPTION DESCRIPTION Negative History Only WestCheck retrieves only negative history for this case Show Full History Including Court WestCheck retrieves all history for this case including Documents citations for related court documents such as petitions motions and pleadings Show Full History Excluding Court WestCheck retrieves all history for this case but does Documents not include citations for related court documents 3 To retrieve citing references select the KeyCite Citing References check box To restrict the citing references click Limit Citations The dialog box in Figure 2 11 is displayed Document Type Jurisdiction Date Range Depth of Treatment CD CD Court Documents B op m m m Secondary Sources Y Arbitrat ards Mia iews m v ALR an lt S MI IP Filing Apply Limits Figure 2 11 KeyCite Cases Limits dialog box 4 Select the restrictions you want to apply to the citing references 5 Click Apply Limits 6 Click OK in the KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box LIMITING KEYCITE RESULTS FOR STATUTE CITATIONS 1 Click Features
9. in the left frame and then click Set KeyCite Limits for All Citations The KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Statutes tab see Figure 2 12 on page 16 Using WestCheck com 15 16 KeyCite Retrieval Options E Statutes KeyCite History KeyCite Citing References Select the Annotations Annotations A ek box to include notes of decisions in your result OK Cancel Figure 2 12 KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box showing the Statutes tab Select the KeyCite History check box to retrieve statutory history including proposed legislation credits and statutory and historical notes To retrieve citing references select the KeyCite Citing References check box To restrict the citing references click Limit Citations The dialog box in Figure 2 13 is displayed Document Type Court Documents Jurisdiction Date Range Apply Limits Clear Limits Figure 2 13 KeyCite Statutes Limits dialog box 5 6 7 8 Using WestCheck com Select the restrictions you want to apply to the citing references Click Apply Limits Select the Annotations check box to include notes of decisions in your result Click OK in the KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box 3 Browsing Quotations Using QuoteRigh
10. is made to extract the citations and is immediately deleted once the process is complete A permanent copy of the document is never stored at West SECURE SOCKETS LAYER TECHNOLOGY Secure Sockets Layer SSL is a protocol that provides data encryption and server authentication SSL uses a private key to encrypt data that is transferred over the SSL connection This makes it impossible for someone to interpret the data being transferred Authentication guarantees that you are connected to the Web site intended and ensures that your data is never redirected to an unauthorized server Introduction to WestCheck com Almost all Web based online purchases and monetary transactions are secured by SSL Financial institutions use SSL to secure the transmission of confidential account data Companies that conduct business via the Web use encrypted SSL connections to protect communication between the Web browser and the server With SSL customers can be assured that they are not exposed to any of the risks associated with sending sensitive data over an open network When you use WestCheck com your Westlaw password client identifier and entire session from sign on through sign off are encrypted using 128 bit SSL Services Available in WestCheck com KEYCITE KeyCite is the comprehensive current and accurate citation research service from West Direct history of a case is added to KeyCite within one to four hours of receipt of the opinion at West Cit
11. of the citations list The Add cites to citation list dialog box is displayed see Figure 2 5 Add cites to citation list x Type the citation and a title Citstion Title E for the citation in the text Sco boxes and click Add Figure 2 5 Add cites to citation list dialog box 2 Type the citation in the Citation text box 3 Type a title for the citation in the Title text box 4 Click Add 8 Using WestCheck com Locating a Citation in Your Document You can quickly locate a citation in your document by selecting it within the citations list LOCATING INACCURATE CITATIONS IN YOUR CITATIONS LIST IN WORD OR THE STAND ALONE APPLICATION After your citations list has been created a question mark symbol is displayed before citations that are unverified or contain potential errors see Figure 2 6 on page 9 The symbol will remain until the citation is corrected and WestCheck is run again or the citation is added to the list see Adding Citations to the Citations List on page 8 A red symbol is displayed before citations that are not available under your Westlaw subscription est Solutions vx West Solutions Select Product w WestCheck WestCheck Options 8 Preset Services Set KeyCite Limits For All Citations Print Citation List Save Citation List Citation List 13 Browse Quotes Run WestCreck Add Citation Select Preset y Quote Cited Hover Over Citation KeyCite Fin
12. 1 HN E dll Docs Figure 2 8 Sample online WestCheck report KEYCITE STATUS FLAGS IN ONLINE REPORTS The KeyCite status flags let you immediately know the status of a case administrative decision statute or regulation Ared flag indicates that the case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains or that the statute or regulation has been amended by a recent session law or rule repealed superseded or held unconstitutional or preempted in whole or in part Using WestCheck com TI A yellow flag indicates that the case or administrative decision has some negative history but hasn t been reversed or overruled that the statute has been renumbered or transferred by a recent session law that an uncodified session law or proposed legislation affecting the statute is available statutes merely referenced i e mentioned are not marked with a yellow flag that a notice or proposed rule affecting the regulation is available that the statute or regulation was limited on constitutional or preemption grounds or its validity was otherwise called into doubt or that a prior version of the statute or regulation received negative judicial treatment Note A printed black and white report will display a yellow flag as empty or very lightly shaded while a red flag will appear mostly shaded A blue H indicates that the case or administrative decision has some history A green
13. Right to verify the accuracy of quotations in your document This can be important when sometimes at the eleventh hour you need to verify that all the citations in a lengthy memorandum are correct and that the supporting cases are good law In addition WestCheck com features an improved report display with KeyCite status flags and symbols Access WestCheck com at https westcheck com System Requirements BROWSER REQUIREMENTS Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or later COMPATIBLE WORD PROCESSORS WestCheck com will extract citations from documents in the following formats Microsoft Word 2010 2007 2003 2002 2000 Corel WordPerfect X5 WordPerfect X4 Service Pack 1 14 0 0 677 WordPerfect Office X3 13 0 0 406 WordPerfect 12 Service Pack 2 12 0 0 499 WordPerfect 11 Service Pack 1 11 0 0 300 WordPerfect 10 Service Pack 3 10 0 0 719 Plain text documents Pricing Information WestCheck is billed per transaction You incur a charge for each document retrieved and delivered by WestCheck com from databases outside your subscription plan Prices and availability may vary by price plan Call 1 800 REF ATTY 1 800 733 2889 for information on specific WestCheck com charges under your price plan About WestCheck com Security WestCheck com uses the latest encryption and server authentication to ensure the highest level of security Citations are extracted once a document has been transferred A temporary copy of the document
14. ayed see Figure 2 7 Under Select a report option select Online report display to view the report online The report will be displayed in a new browser window from which you can save it or print it When saving the report make sure that Webpage complete htm html is selected in the Save as type drop down list the report will be saved in HTML format so you can open the report in your browser Select Offline report delivery to send a report to a printer or e mail address or download it to your computer Choose the desired delivery destination from the Destination drop down list If you choose E mail type the e mail address to which you want the report sent in the Email Address text box If you choose E mail or Download you must also choose a format from the Format drop down list Select to have your Find requests report option delivered in separate documents O Online report display O ortine report delivery Select to have all Find requests delivered Destination For Find Results Sort SES SC O services ina SS lg document Deliver Find results separately from ms A report m P ect to deliver PDF images of case law uet sne exactly as they appear in the West reporters mal ect to deliver a single PDF image that ight Cited Deci contains all of the case law documents in the result nages when available or all Reporter images Citation ey Cite Fi
15. d Right Decisions To See Full Citation iv r r r S3CFRS E 1018 KR 106 Harv LRev Mim T I3 D 77 979 R T c Memo 1teet Mim T ri D 168 R NGLAE Mim F P 15YY R s2CalApp sth Mim T r O 1010 Quotes 12 Figure 2 6 Citations list showing symbols for unverified and unavailable citations Checking a Citations List and Creating a Report You can check your citations in WestCheck com using the KeyCite Find QuoteRight and Cited Decisions services and then create an online or offline report If citation verification identified inaccurate citations edit the citations in your document and reprocess it or add the citation to the list see Adding Citations to the Citations List on page 8 To check the citations that you extracted from your document complete the following steps 1 To check individual citations in the citations list select the check box next to each citation under Using WestCheck com 9 the service in which you want to check that citation To check the entire citations list in the same service or services select the check box next to the heading e g KeyCite See Figure 2 3 on page 7 To apply a preset service to the citations in your list e g KeyCite History choose a preset service from the drop down list at the top of the citations list See Creating Preset Services on page 24 for more information on preset services Click Run WestCheck The WestCheck Delivery dialog box is displ
16. ding Online Reports a pee ETE UE T KeyCite Status Flags in Online bReports teens T Depth of Treatment Categories o ee pede AAR aoe Ee Nee ae POE st E de ga d 12 Reading Offline Reports oue recitan oeni t eroien R eee e e 12 Reading Citation Checking Results in Offline Plain Text Repnorts 12 KeyCite Status Flags in Offline Plain Text Reports 0000000002 cece eee eee eee 14 Limiting KeyCite Results eee ete EX rn 14 Limiting KeyCite Results for Case Citations 14 Limiting KeyCite Results for Statute Citations eee 15 Using WestCheck com 5 6 Using WestCheck com Creating a Citations List You can create a citations list in WestCheck com by extracting citations from a document by manually typing citations or by pasting copied text from a legal document e g a table of authorities CREATING A CITATIONS LIST BY EXTRACTING CITATIONS FROM A DOCUMENT Complete the following steps to create a citations list by extracting citations from a document 1 Access WestCheck com at https westcheck com 2 Atthe sign on page Figure 2 1 type your Westlaw password and a client identifier in the text boxes and click Sign On Select the save this password check box to save the username for future sessions Or click Username and Password to sign on using your OnePass account WestCheck Sign On Westlaw Password DCD Online ID clent i save this password Switch to sign on using your own OnePass Use
17. e amici are unpersuasive both as a matter of the recor First no one not even the amici disputes that the counting process in this case was in fact time consuming complex difficult and expensive 2 Tk Esha amsi Gang beer TN STATE OF NEW ENGLAND iniri mal ef Mf iari Figure 2 3 Citations list CREATING A CITATIONS LIST BY TYPING CITATIONS OR BY PASTING COPIED TEXT FROM A DOCUMENT You can also create a citations list by typing your citations or by copying and pasting text from your legal document to WestCheck com If your document is located in a document management system DMS copy and paste text from your DMS document e g a table of authorities to create a citations list Note If you have footnotes in your document copy and paste the footnotes separately from the document text Complete the following steps to create a citations list by manually typing citations or by pasting copied text 1 Atthe WestCheck com home page select Enter individual citation s or copy citations from a table of authorities or document and paste below see Figure 2 4 on page 8 2 Type the citations or paste copied citations or text e 9 the table of authorities from your document in the text box Note You must include spaces between the volume and page numbers and the publication abbreviation Separate multiple citations with a hard return or a semicolon Using WestCheck com 7 3 Click Next 4 WestCheck com aut
18. ed Flg Ng v superior Court 52 Cal App 4th 1010 61 Cal Rptr 2d 49 97 Cal Daily op serv 1091 97 Daily Journal D A R 1574 Cal App 4 Dist Feb 14 1997 NO History Negative Citing References U S A Disapproved of by Curle v superior Court 24 Cal 4th 1057 16 P 3d 166 103 Cal Rptr 2d 751 01 Cal Daily Op Serv 1174 2001 Daily Journal D A R 1493 cal Feb 08 2001 NO 5080322 HN 1 7 14 Cal Rptr 2d loverruling Recognized by People v willis 2002 wL 31854862 Cal App 2 Dist Dec 20 2002 NO Baayen unpublished noncitable Dec 20 2002 review denied mar 19 2003 People v Hiller 2003 wL 22235384 Cal App 3 Dist Sep 30 2003 NO C041025 unpublished noncitable HN 14 cal ptr 20 People v hayes 2003 WL 22977320 Cal App 2 Dist Dec 19 2003 No Se unpublished noncitable Dec 19 2003 review denied Mar 17 2004 People v wynne 2004 WL 729063 Cal App 2 Dist Apr 06 2004 No 8164489 unpublished noncitable Apr 06 2004 rehearing denied Apr 26 2004 review denied Jun 23 2004 HN 13 cal Rptr 2d People v Borhan 2004 WL 2348316 Cal App 2 Dist May 24 2004 NO B166670 unpublished noncitable HN 13 deal Rptr 2d People v Foster 2005 WL 1662248 Cal App 2 Dist Jul 18 2005 NO B176463 unpublished noncitable Jul 18 2005 review denied Sep 21 2005 HN 13 Cal Rptr 2d Disapproval Recognized by Howard Gunty Profit sharing Plan v superior Cou
19. estCheck Options and Preset Services A dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Preset Services tab see Figure 4 3 General Result Report Preset Services Select Citation Categories Preset Services KeyCite History and Find v a Click New to create a new preset service V KeyCite Set Limits OK Cancel Apply Figure 4 3 WestCheck Preset Services options Click New A dialog box is displayed 4 Type a name for the new preset service in the Service Name text box e g KeyCite History and click Add 5 Under Services select the check box preceding the service s you want to include e g KeyCite Customizing WestCheck com 23 6 7 If you select KeyCite you can set your KeyCite limits See Limiting Your KeyCite Citations below Click OK LIMITING YOUR KEYCITE CITATIONS For Case Law To limit KeyCite case law citations for a preset service complete the following steps 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click WestCheck Options and Preset Services A dialog box is displayed 2 Click the Preset Services tab and choose the preset service for which you want to limit KeyCite Citations if necessary Make sure the KeyCite check box is selected under Services 4 Click Set Limits The KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 4 4 Cases Statutes KeyCite Retrieval Options To modify the history option for case y
20. ing cases are added to KeyCite as soon as they are added to Westlaw History of a statute is added to KeyCite as soon as the source documents are added to Westlaw KeyCite provides information such as direct appellate history of cases and administrative decisions negative citing references for cases and administrative decisions citations to cases administrative decisions secondary sources briefs and other court documents on Westlaw that have cited a case statute administrative decision or regulation complete integration with the West Key Number System so you can track legal issues discussed in a case citations to session laws or rules amending or repealing a statute or regulation citations to proposed legislation affecting a federal or state statute KeyCite covers every case in West s National Reporter System as well as more than 1 million unpublished cases KeyCite information is also available for federal and state statutes and regulations statutes from all 50 states regulations and administrative decisions from selected states patents issued by the U S Patent and Trademark Office American Law Reports ALR annotations articles from hundreds of law reviews and administrative decisions of selected federal agencies including the following Board of Contract Appeals Board of Immigration Appeals Comptroller General Federal Communications Commission Merit Systems Protection Board National Labo
21. ision The district court directed that A EE EE kt ee ke AA SPAS 1 and made very general provisions for its staffing Id 7 2 It provided that OCC was to receive certain reports generated by the defendants id 3 c 4 1 Kb 15 a 150 16 a to report regularly to the court Gid 8 and to supervise the temperature monitoring program 114 A In its July 11 2001 opinion the district court held that OCC is not subject to the PLRA s provisions concerning special masters FNG Therefore it did not make S28 US 624 Mm Oo 0 specific findings with respect to OCC other than to observe that the nearly twenty year history of incomplete compliance with the consent decrees amply attests to the 2 need for external monitoring and that the Order significantly narrows the scope of OCC s work and resources consistently with its diminished range of activities SPA 29 The court did however make clear that except as to those matters addressed in its orders the prior orders governing OCC s operations and powers continue in Quotes effect FN7 SPA 45 H we 151 PA Qs FN6 18 U S C A 3626 f See discussion below at V B 1 et seg FN7 Defendants mischaracterize the court s action as reinstatement of OCC D Br It never stopped operating See SPA20 21 H repopsg Din ml 2 OCC was not addressed in defendants stay motion and has been performing its monitoring and reporting duties during the pendency of this appeal
22. ly extracts the citations from your document to create a citations list which is displayed in the left frame see Figure 2 3 WestCheck WestCheck Options amp Preset Services Set KeyCite Limits For All Citations Print Citation List Save Citation List Citation List 9 Browse Quotes Select Categories for Processing ote Some selected content may be outside of your subsaiption Add Citation KeyCite History and Find Y Quote Cited Hover Over Citation KeyCite Find Right Decisions To See Full Citation D Oo E Mm mM AO 2 Quetes 1 370 Md 25 547 Em Mm O D 40 U S 266 Him El E El 2191 App 26 im E O O 825 RB 2021201 Mim D D V sapus as Mm R D D 329 Md 370 392 Him D El Quotes 12 GENERAL COURT OF LAW WHITE OAK COUNTY NO XX CR XXXXX Petitioner S BRIEF STATE OF NEW ENGLAND Petitioner LE METROPOLITAN ENTITY INC Respondent FACTS 1 By their resounding silence on the issue respondents concede that the Comwall test is cumbersome expensive and time consuming 2 The arguments of the amici curiae about costs and burden are not based on the facts of this case and are incorrect as a matter of general policy In contrast the Brief of the amici curiae led by the New England Chamber of Commerce argues that the two methods impose equivalent counting buf respondents and then float in a netherworld of unsupported generalizations The arguments of th
23. nd Quo ter Cancel Run Report Figure 2 7 WestCheck Delivery dialog box 10 Using WestCheck com 5 Under For Find Results select the Deliver Find results separately from the report check box to have your Find requests delivered in separate documents If you also select the Create one file for all Find results check box all Find requests will be delivered in a single document instead of in multiple documents Under For Reporter Images select the Substitute with Reporter images when available check box to deliver PDF images of case law documents exactly as they appear in the West reporters Select the Create one PDF for all Reporter images check box to deliver a single PDF image that contains all of the case law documents in the result Under Sort Report By select the desired sort order Select Citation to sort the report by citation or select Services to sort the report by the services run Click Run Report EXCLUDING A CITATION IN YOUR CITATIONS LIST FROM RUNNING IN WESTCHECK You can choose to exclude or include citations in your citations list when you check your citations All citations are automatically included unless you choose to exclude them To exclude or include a citation complete the following steps To exclude a citation clear the check box preceding it in the citations list To reinstate an excluded citation select the check box preceding the citation Printing a Citations List To print your ci
24. omatically extracts the citations from your document to create a citations list which is displayed in the left frame see Figure 2 3 on page 7 WestCheck r C Extract citation s from a document IC Browse About WestCheck com If your document is located in a Document Management System visit the DS page Select Enter xa Welcome to WestCheck com individual citation s Create reports of your document hen O Enter individual citation s or copy citations from a table of authorities citations i or document and paste below KeyCite information ype or paste o Citations within those cited copied i documents citations or I Obtain West reporter images A e Verify that quotations are correct ext in the text with QuoteRight box e g the able of z T Separate citations with a semicolon or hard return Note that there needs to be spaces between oad user guides authorities the volume and page numbers and the publication Citations without this spacing will be missed estCheck rom your or est BriefTools document Next now includes WestCheck For research assistance call 1 800 REF ATTY For technical assistance call 1 800 WESTLAW Figure 2 4 WestCheck com home page showing a pasted table of authorities Adding Citations to the Citations List To add a citation to the WestCheck citations list complete the following steps 1 Click the Add Citation button at the top
25. preceding any categories you don t want to include in your citations list 4 Click Apply 5 Click OK You can also click Select Categories for Processing in the left frame to specify your citation categories Customizing WestCheck com 27 Published 11 10 Replaces Material 41040511 2010 Thomson Reuters All rights reserved L 352295 The trademarks used herein are the trademarks of their respective owners West trademarks are owned by West Publishing Corporation THOMSON REUTERS
26. r Relations Board Patent and Trademark Office In addition KeyCite provides citing references from numerous texts and treatises including American Jurisprudence 2d Am Jur 2d Couch on Insurance Mertens Law of Federal Income Taxation Norton Introduction to WestCheck com 3 A Bankruptcy Law and Practice 3d publications of The Rutter Group Witkin s California treatises and Wright and Miller s Federal Practice and Procedure FIND When you know the citation of the document you want WestCheck com can retrieve the full text of the document on Westlaw and send it to a destination you choose The Find service is available for many types of documents including case law statutes regulations administrative decisions articles from publications such as law reviews and treatises specialized materials e g Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA inspection and enforcement reports and materials published in foreign countries CITED DECISIONS While KeyCite lists cases citing your case the Cited Decisions service lists the cases cited by your case Cited Decisions is also available for ALR annotations law review articles and selected administrative decisions Cited Decisions is a useful tool for finding hidden weaknesses in a case because it shows whether the cases on which your case relies have significant negative history The Cited Decisions result allows you to determine at a glance which cited cases merit in
27. rname and Password Sign On Figure 2 1 WestCheck sign on page 3 Atthe WestCheck com home page select Extract citation s from a document see Figure 2 2 WestCheck Extract citation s from a document or document and paste below Browse if your document is located in a Document Management System visit the DMS pace Enter individual citation s or copy citations from a table of authorities Separate citations with a semicolon or hard return Note that there needs to be spaces between the volume and page numbers ang the publication Citations without this spacing will be missed About WestCheck com Welcome to WestCheck com e Create reports of your document citations o KeyCite information o Citations within those cited documents Obtain West reporter images Verify that quotations are correct with QuoteRight Order download user quides Learn more about WestCheck Learn more about West BriefTools now includes WestCheck For research assistance call 1 800 REF ATTY For technical assistance call 1 800 WESTLAW Figure 2 2 WestCheck com home page Select to extract citations from a document 4 Click Browse to select the document from which you want to extract citations A Choose file dialog box is displayed 5 Select the document from which you want to extract citations then click Open 6 Click Next WestCheck com automatical
28. rt 88 Cal App 4th 572 105 Cal Rptr 2d 896 O1 Cal Daily Op serv 3105 2001 Daily Journal Figure 2 9 Sample KeyCite result in an offline report Using WestCheck com 13 14 Using WestCheck com KEYCITE STATUS FLAGS IN OFFLINE PLAIN TEXT REPORTS In offline text reports KeyCite flags are represented by Red Fig Yel Flg H and C see Figure 2 9 on page 13 For definitions of the KeyCite status flags and the depth of treatment categories see pages 11 12 Red Flg Red Flag Yel Flg Yellow Flag H BlueH C Green C Note The contents of this report depend on your KeyCite Limits settings Limiting KeyCite Results Use KeyCite Limits to restrict your KeyCite results for cases and statutes Limiting your results is helpful if you are interested only in specific categories of KeyCite information LIMITING KEYCITE RESULTS FOR CASE CITATIONS 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click Set KeyCite Limits for All Citations The KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box is displayed with the Cases tab selected see Figure 2 10 KeyCite Retrieval Options To choose the KeyCite case history you want 7 KeyCite History to view select the KeyCite History check box Negative History Only v gt and then choose the type of history from the drop down list KeyCite Citing Em e To retrieve citing references for a case select the KeyCite Citing References check box then click Limit Citations to restrict the
29. tations list click Features to display a list of options then click Print Citation List Saving a Citations List To save your citations list click Features to display a list of options then click Save Citation List Reading Online Reports P 370 Md 525 547 WesiCheck Information People v Lidster 319 IL App Ad 825 254 TIL Dec 379 747 N E2d 41924 Dist 2001 106 Harv L Rev 977 979 Key Cite Request 319 DL App Ad 825 T C Memo 1991 168 KEYCITE MGLA 6S 15YY P 52 Cal App 4th 1010 P People y Lidster 319 MLApp 3d 825 747 N E 2d 419 254 Wien 379 lll App 2 Dist Mar 30 2001 NO 2 99 1 288 Pe 650 F Supp 413 History We 194 F Supp 765 P 181 N C 574 Billing Direct History gt 1 People v Lidster 319 Di App A4 825 747 N 2d 419 254 I Dee 379 ILApp 2 Dist Mar 30 2001 NO 2 99 12 88 whe nied Apr 24 2001 e 2 People v Lid sier 202 11124 1 779 d 855 269 HIN 1 dll Oct 18 2002 NO 91522 H 3 Illinois v Lidster 538 U S 1012 123 S Ct 1928 155 L Ed 2d 847 7 USLW 3489 7 USLW 3692 71 USLW 3697 U S Ill May 05 2003 NO 02 1060 AND Rew a 4 Illinois v Lidster 540 U S 419 CL 885 157 L Ed 2d 843 72 USLW 4120 04 Cal Daily Op Serv 265 2004 Daily Journal D A R 352 17 Fla L Weekly Fed S 89 U S Jan 13 2004 NO 02 1060 Negative Citing References U S A Distinguished by H 5 State v Mack 66 S W 3d 706 Mo Feb 13 2002 NO SC 83894
30. tion under Unattached Quotes and dragging it to the citation you want to attach it to 5 Close the QuoteBrowser by clicking the x in the upper right corner Browsing Quotations 19 4 Customizing WestCheck com Modifying Your WestCheck com General Setup 22 Modifying Your Report Options i ep ee OR eee deer UU oec hg tea 22 Creating Preset Services ET E a ee Sere a deen 23 Limiting Your KeyCite Citations cisco ere met m ee e EEN ca dE Oe 24 Changing the Default Preset Service e eee eee enter ee 26 Selecting Citation Categories 26 Customizing WestCheck com 21 Modifying Your WestCheck com General Setup 1 Click Features in the left frame and then click WestCheck Options and Preset Services A dialog box is displayed see Figure 4 1 General Result Report Preset Services Select Citation Categories QuoteRight De not preon Default Jurisdiction to help identify citations None OK Cancel Apply Figure 4 1 WestCheck General options 2 Onthe General tab under QuoteRight choose the number of words under which QuoteRight should not process quotations e g choose 2 to indicate that QuoteRight should not process quotations of less than two words WestCheck will extract the citation but QuoteRight won t attach quotations under the specified number of words to citations 3 From the Default Jurisdiction drop down list choose your default jurisdiction this aids in identifying citations
31. tz crie erret EE EE a Tq a ei fes 18 Viewing Quotations by Individual Citation isses 18 Viewing a List of Quotations Extracted from Your Document 18 Browsing Quotations 17 18 Click Browse Quotes to view a list of quotations extracted from your document Click the number of the quotation you want to view Browsing Quotations Using QuoteRight Use QuoteRight to verify the accuracy of quotations cited in your document When WestCheck com extracts citations from your document it also create a list of quotations found in your document If a citation is linked to a quotation the number of available quotations for the citation is listed after the citation in your citations list WestCheck com also creates a list of quotations found in your document You can view the extracted quotations for the entire list or you can view the extracted quotations by individual citations When a quotation is attached to a citation WestCheck com compares the quotation in the user s document against the actual quotation on Westlaw QuoteRight displays the quotation text from both the user s document and Westlaw noting if the quotation is identical or different VIEWING QUOTATIONS BY INDIVIDUAL CITATION Click the number of the quotation you want to view in the citations list see Figure 3 1 to display the quotation in your document WestCheck E E Features B The Office of Compliance Consultants the district court s dec
32. ur Document 18 4 CUSTOMIZING WESTCHECK COM Zeie dree lie 21 Modifying Your WestCheck com General Setup 22 Modifying Yo r Report Options au Auer ER sense ay a er end BY e eee E qe Peg E deat 22 Creating Preset Services erei s senii rnain ENEE Bate Ie EUR ele Hate in eae ROA idee 23 Limiting Your TEE 24 Changing the Default Preset Service sisuussssssssessssss sena 26 Selecting Citation Categories cig ose IERI dere bx Ne UE ee UN E aet ya ge AE reato gos 26 Introduction to WestCheck com Introducing WestCheck com sssssseeseseessees e nent e 2 System Requirements sess oa an E RE NE EUR ak IAA ANN NU eds 2 Browser Reguirements A 12202 ere demere er en ea 2 Compatible Word Processors umi reed ad Ra wed Wa Re R N Re RE Re ee a rud e eor 2 Pricing Blut le 2 About WestCheck com Security 2 Secure Sockets Layer Technology 2 Services Available in West heckcom eect s 3 O ee e UU e 3 FI EE Cited DecislOris EE 4 Quotes aio ad 4 Introduction to WestCheck com 1 2 Introducing WestCheck com WestCheck com is West s citation research application on the Web that automatically extracts citations from a legal document or a citations list you create manually WestCheck com makes WestCheck available to anyone with Internet access You can check your citations in KeyCite create a cited decisions list of cases cited by your case use the Find service to retrieve the documents on Westlaw and use Quote
33. utes tab see Figure 4 6 Cas amp Statutes KeyCite Retrieval Options 9 KeyCite History KeyCite Citing References Limit Citations Annotations OK Cancel Figure 4 6 KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box showing the Statutes tab 3 Select the KeyCite History check box to retrieve statutory history including proposed legislation credits and statutory and historical notes gt To retrieve citing references select the KeyCite Citing References check box To restrict the citing references click Limit Citations The dialog box in Figure 4 7 on page 26 is displayed Select the restrictions you want to apply to the citing references Click Apply Limits Select the Annotations check box to include notes of decisions in your result oO x o u Click OK in the KeyCite Retrieval Options dialog box Customizing WestCheck com 25 Document Type Jurisdiction Date Range A em qum Court Documents Figure 4 7 KeyCite Statutes Limits dialog box CHANGING THE DEFAULT PRESET SERVICE Choose the preset service you want to use as your default from the drop down list at the top of the citations list The selection will be preserved when you start a new session West Solutions AX West Solutions Select Product w WestCheck
34. vestigation Cited cases are marked with KeyCite status flags which indicate whether the cases have history or citing references available in KeyCite Each cited case is marked with depth of treatment stars that indicate the extent to which the citing case discusses the cited case Quotation marks indicate when a citing case directly quotes the cited case QUOTERIGHT Use QuoteRight to verify the accuracy of quotations cited in your document When WestCheck extracts citations from your document it also creates a list of quotations found in your document You can choose to have the QuoteRight service check these quotations against the full text of the documents as they appear on Westlaw Introduction to WestCheck com Using WestCheck com Creating a Citations WISE A Matinee dia E Wen edv ere E dnd 6 Creating a Citations List by Extracting Citations from a Document 6 Creating a Citations List by Typing Citations or by Pasting Copied Text from a Document 7 Adding Citations to the Citations st 8 Locating a Citation in Your Document 9 Locating Inaccurate Citations in Your Citations List in Word or the Stand Alone Application 9 Checking a Citations List and Creating a Report 0 00 cece eee 9 Excluding a Citation in Your Citations List from Running in WestCheck 222 222 T Printing a Citations LISE 2 een ee UR eec i eU BUB e T Saving a CItations EISE sas a eee ets een a ee eme aee y ee d Tl Rea
35. y noes A A As 5 Creating a Citations DEE iens o R N AER EE 8 SE ENEE EE A e 6 Creating a Citations List by Extracting Citations from a Document 6 Creating a Citations List by Typing Citations or by Pasting Copied Text from a Document PTT 7 Adding Citations to the Citations Ust s le 8 Locating a Citation in Your Document 9 Locating Inaccurate Citations in Your Citations List in Word or the Stand Alone Application 9 Checking a Citations List and Creating a Report ss 9 Excluding a Citation in Your Citations List from Running in WestCheck 220 000 T Printing a Citations EISE cr Per RO en ads xq pec red ped Tl Saving a Citations EISE d oppo owes ak p etes dusky Aer ER qid ie dcbct opted eps Tl Reading Online Reports petere der ERI Ven E VEO te genes LE eee ptas T KeyCite Status Flags in Online Report Tl Depth of Treatment Categories mecano oo esee Ier Rh de dea de aan 12 Reading Offline Reports u eere epp qme as area E 12 Reading Citation Checking Results in Offline Plain Text Reports 00000222 eee 12 KeyCite Status Flags in Offline Plain Text Reports 14 Limiting KeyCite Results 2 0 2 0 e en 14 Limiting KeyCite Results for Case Citations 14 Limiting KeyCite Results for Statute Citations 0 0 ccc ees 15 Re E lege len d Le LEE 17 Using QuoteRight u a drid o pea Uber Fel adas 18 Viewing Quotations by Individual Citation 18 Viewing a List of Quotations Extracted from Yo
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