Therefore, you may see two different styles in the Hit List. The new style includes the state or federal database where the document was found and a case citation. The document with the highest degree of relevance to the search query is at the top of the list, with all other documents scaled relative to the first. This is not an indication of legal relevance. The name of the court that issued the opinion is abbreviated.
State abbreviations match the two-letter zip code abbreviations.
To view a document, click on its name in the Hit List. Alternatively, you can use your browser s Find function to jump to a particular search word within the document. After examining the retrieved documents, you may learn of additional relevant search terms or find that your search query was too broad and retrieved irrelevant documents. Your first query can be edited to include or exclude words as necessary. When editing queries, the Delete and Backspace keys function normally, you can manually position the cursor to insert text, and you can select a range of characters by dragging the cursor.