Westlaw Campus

Case Law

Printable version available at www.uwf.edu/jdebellis/Westlaw.ppt

Objectives

At the conclusion of this tutorial you should be able to do the following:

Locate cases affecting your industry in Westlaw Campus

Write a correct APA citation for cases retrieved from this database.

Library homepage

Online Databases

Databases beginning with W

Westlaw Campus

Help (FAQ’s)

Westlaw features1

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5—Choose which legal materials to search.

Basic Search

Results

Morales v. Foodways Inc.

How to cite

Correct APA citation:

Morales v. Foodways, Inc., 186 A. D. 2d 407 (N.Y. A. D. 1992). Retrieved November 11, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

Advanced Search

Results

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

How to cite

Correct APA citation:

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 509 F.3d. 1168 (C.A. 9 (Cal.) 2007). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

More examples

Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionHow to cite

Correct APA citation:

Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164 (1989). Retrieved November 12, 2008

from Westlaw Campus.

Stern v. AT & T Mobility Corp. How to cite

Correct APA citation:

Stern v. AT & T Mobility Corp., 2008 WL 4382796 (C. D. Cal. 2008). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from Westlaw Campus.

Citations in review Use the Bluebook: a Uniform System of

Citation to format your citations. Supreme Court of the United States:plaintiff v. defendant, volume# Reporter page# (year).

Retrieved date from Westlaw Campus. Other courts:plaintiff v. defendant, volume# Reporter page# (court year).

Retrieved date from Westlaw Campus

Not reported in a reporter:plaintiff v. defendant, year WL #### (court year). Retrieved

date from Westlaw Campus

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