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Online: <\/strong>Use the \"name search\" option in CommonLII or the \"case locator\" in HeinOnline to search for the case. <\/p>\n\n

In Print<\/strong>: Use the Table of Cases in the English Reports, the Revised Reports, or the All ER Reprint to search for the name of the case. You should be able to locate the case and its corresponding citation. For example, if you look up the case name Boutts v Ellis <\/em>in the Table of Cases to the English Reports, you can find that it is reported in 43 ER 502.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"99e378eb-f75f-4fd9-9fc5-25ab9fd52b9f","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Find a Case with the Case Name (Nominate Reports)"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Example citation: 4 De G M & G 249<\/p>\n\n

Online:<\/strong> Search the citation in either CommonLII or HeinOnline to access the English Reports version of the case.<\/p>\n\n

In Print: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Look up the abbreviation in your nominate report citation in <\/em>Cardiff's Index to Legal Abbreviations<\/a>. In our example, we would search for \"De G M & G\" without the surrounding numbers.<\/li>\n\t
Click on the link to open up Cardiff's information about the reporter. The record should indicate whether it was reprinted by in English Reports or Revised Reports and which volume(s) it was printed in.<\/li>\n\t
Locate the appropriate volumes of the ERs or RRs online (CommonLII or HeinOnline) or in the Law Library.<\/li>\n\t
The page numbers on the inside top corner correspond to the original pagination of the nominate report. The dark bold numbers in square brackets interspersed throughout each page correspond to the original pagination. Use the page number in your citation to locate the page the decision will begin on. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"b1c5cf27-1236-4ffb-a527-d84c8b4d7b84","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Find a Case with a Citation (Nominate Reports)"}],"hTag":"h3"}

Locating Cases Using the Nominate Reports

Emma Scott