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FINDLAW EXTENDS FREE CASE LAW LIBRARY WITH NINTH CIRCUIT DECISIONS
PALO ALTO, CA -- November 3, 1997 -- FindLaw is pleased to announce that it has made a database of Ninth Circuit Court decisions since 1990 available for free on the World Wide Web. The opinions are searchable by docket number, case title and full text as well as browsable by year.
The Ninth Circuit Cases are the newest addition to FindLaw's library of free and user-friendly case law on the Web. The FindLaw case law library also includes a searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893, as well as California Supreme Court and Appellate Court decisions back to 1996.
The Ninth Circuit is the largest federal circuit covering the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
"We're very excited to be making these useful materials available on the Web," said Stacy Stern, Esq., President of FindLaw. "In keeping with FindLaw tradition, the Ninth Circuit decisions are easy to access, search and navigate."
FindLaw, Inc., is dedicated to making legal information on the Internet easy to find. The popular FindLaw Web site, which is intuitively designed for legal professionals, includes a comprehensive guide to legal resources on the Internet, legal search tools, such as LawCrawler and full-text law review searching, case law, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893, online continuing legal education, legal community spaces and legal specialty guides.
The URL for the Ninth Circuit Decisions Database is
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/9th.html
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