This guide provides instruction on finding case citations by name from print sources. If you have the name of a case, but not the citation, one method of locating the citation is to use the Table of Cases in a Digest .
Digests provide subject access to all reported cases.
A digest is both a subject index and a topical outline of case law. Brief summaries followed by citations to the full case are arranged topically. West Publishing is the major publisher of digests that cover all federal and state jurisdictions as well as some topical areas. All digests published by West are arranged by topic and key number . West has classified the law into approximately 400 topics.