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(a) Search For Opinions With Inclusive Terms
• malpractice AND prozac
• malpractice & prozac
• malpractice prozac
Any of these queries find opinions containing at least one instance of the terms malpractice and Prozac. Either version find opinions containing.
(b) Search For Opinions With Analogous Terms
• landlord OR lessor
(c) Search For Opinions Excluding Specific Terms
• "chemical waste" NOT management
(d) Search For Opinions Including At Least One Of Several Alternative Terms
• assignment and (security OR pledge)
(e) Search For Opinions Included Truncated Search Terms
• employ!
Finds employ, employed, employee, employment
(f) Search For Opinions Including A Specific Phrase
• "medical malpractice"
(g) Search For Opinions Where One Term Is A Specified Distance From Another Term
• search /2 seizure • search w/2 seizure
Either of these queries find opinions where the term "seizure" appears within two words of the term "search".
(h) Build A Complex Query
• "income tax" AND death NOT penalty
Finds opinions including the phrase "income tax" and the term death, while excluding opinions containing the term "penalty"
(i) Search For Opinions Citing Your Statute, Rule or Regulation
• 18 w/5 1344
Finds opinions where the section number appears within five words of the title number. Use the within connector as a substitute for "U.S.C.". It saves typing and ensures your find all of the opinions. This is the Federal bank fraud statute. Use this query instead of "bank fraud". This eliminated diffuse results and ensures you find all of the opinions in the selected jurisdictions that cite the codified item of information driving your search. This search strategy also works well with rules and regulations. You have a choice. You can enter "prejudicial" or you can enter "404(b)." Which will return results related to the item of information driving your search? Simply enter the number assigned to the codified item of information driving your search and you will find all of the opinions citing that item.
(j) Search For Opinions Citing Your Statute, Rule or Reg For A Specified Reason
• 18 w/5 1344 and "false loan application"
• 18 /5 1344 and "material ommission"
To avoid reading opinions that cite your statute for irrelevant factual or legal reasons, add additional search terms to winnow your results.
(k) Search For Opinions Including Multiple Phrases
• "collateral estoppel" and "res judicata" and "subject matter jurisdiction"
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