Texas Legal Research.
 If you are familiar with
the peculiar Texas statutory arrangement, you may find it most convenient to
enter statutory research by browsing through the various "codes" to find what
you are looking for. If so use the
Texas
legislative page entry to the statutes.
A direct link to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure is
here.
Tx-Laws.com has a good entry to search
for case law in Texas. It also arguably is a to get to the rules
of procedure. You have to register to use the site, but registration is
free.
Texas Local
Rules of court . A list of all Texas courts that have made these local
rules available online. Included in many of these local rules are
the Texas court's position on exchanging exhibits prior to trial, dress codes,
sample and form orders, how to set a hearing, and other various rules of decorum
and procedure.
Some courts in Texas, state and federal, have access to
various amounts of dockets and rules information.
This link takes you to those court
dockets and rules.
Casemaker for legal research.
Texas-licensed attorneys have access to the Casemaker™ Web
Library, which has searchable databases of federal law and the case law and
statutes of all fifty states
You must be a registered user of TexasBarCLE.com, or logged into My Bar Page
on TexasBar.com.
Casemaker Databases. Casemaker databases are grouped into libraries:
The Texas library contains Texas case law, Texas statutes, the Texas
Administrative Code, the Texas Constitution, Attorney General Opinions, State
Court Rules, Federal Court Rules, and the municipal codes of Austin, Dallas,
Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. (Every State library at a minimum contains
case law, statutes, and the state constitution.)
The Federal library contains United States Supreme Court, Circuit court,
District court, and Bankruptcy court opinions; Federal Court Rules; United
States Code; Code of Federal Regulations; USC Bankruptcy Reform Act; U.S.
Constitution; and links to Federal Court forms.
Other Casemaker Features.
CaseCheck Instantly determine the treatment of the case in question by a
later court. Click on the hyperlink beside the case being viewed and be taken to
the exact portion of the later case where the current case is cited.
SuperCode When a statute is visible, the SuperCode tool is visible on the
right side of the screen.
If legislation has affected a viewed statute, a hyperlink will appear,
directing you to the exact portion of the legislation that affects the statute.
Session Laws are only incorporated into the viewed statute during the annual
updates of statutes. You may access new Session Laws by browsing or searching,
or by using the SuperCode feature.
There are fee (not free) services on Casemaker for the following.
CASEcheck+ This is a citation sevice.
CiteCheck . This is a check of citations in a brief. You can upload the pages
of your brief into CiteCheck and get current information on the cases cited in
the brief and whether they remain good law.
CASEMAKERdigest Stay Current Keep up with the latest cases in your practice
area Within 24 hours after an opinion is published, Casemaker Digest editors
deliver summaries of Texas and Federal appellate cases, classified by practice
area. Choose one or more areas to stay current in your practice.
Need help with Casemaker? There is an online user guide via the "Help" link
in the masthead. In addition, Casemaker provides 8am - 8pm CT live customer
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