Shephard’s Citations

In the legal field, Shepard's is a highly regarded citational index. It allows researchers to track particular judicial decisions, statutes, and other legal resources as they are invoked at different historical moments for a range of purposes. Shepard's citations provide references to when and how cases and law review articles were cited by other sources. Citations exist for both federal and state courts.

Courts rarely overrule a case on every point of law. In fact, courts often rely on good points of law from overruled cases. Only Shepard’s can show you these “followed” points of law because only Shepard’s shows you both negative treatments plus true positive treatment from subsequent citing cases that other citators miss.

Shepard’s full spectrum of editorial analysis helps you uncover these splits of authority, so you gain additional support you can’t find elsewhere.