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How Do I Find Case Law?

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Still testing PDF output
A case citation usually appears as follows:
[[File:Case_citation_example_1.jpg| right | frame | link=| <span style="font-size:60%;">Copyright www.shutterstock.com</span>]]
Freshwater Fishing Marketing Corp. is the name of the plaintiff, the person who started the legal action; Duchominsky is the name of the defendant. Together the names of both parties make up the portion of the citation known as the style of cause.
A case citation may also appear this way:
[[File:Case_citation_example_2.jpg| right | frame | link=| <span style="font-size:60%;">Copyright www.shutterstock.com</span>]]
===More Case Law Resources===