[blindLaw] Accessing Case Text Without Citations etc.

[Laura Wolk]

Yes, it is still possible to download Westlaw cases as word documents.

On 5/19/21, Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dissenter here, as always.  Citations can give you really useful and
> immediate info, such as how old the case is, and whether someone is
> playing fast and loose with majorities versus concurrences, etc.
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> On 5/19/21, tim at timeldermusic.com <tim at timeldermusic.com> wrote:
>> Syed,
>>
>> Note that legal writing guru, Bryan Garner, and many of his footnote
>> followers agree with you.  But then we blind attorneys are subject to the
>> accessible footnoting formats.  You'll get used to inline citations soon
>> enough.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 2:51 PM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Accessing Case Text Without Citations etc.
>>
>> Nope.  And that's how your casebooks and all filings will be too.
>>
>> On 5/18/21, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am currently taking a law school prep course. The cases we are
>>> reading are pulled from West Law. There are numerous citation numbers,
>>> footers and stuff that is not the text of the case. I understand all
>>> these citations etc. are important, but for my purpose, I would like
>>> to access just the text of the case, as trying to listen for the text
>>> amongst all the numbers is really driving me up the wall. Is there a
>>> solution to this?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>>      Syed Rizvi
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