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Shepard's Statute Reports
Research does not end simply by finding a statute that appears to support an argument. A statute may be rendered moot, amended, repealed by subsequent legislation, declared unconstitutional, or preempted. To ensure a statute is good law, it is necessary to verify the validity of any statute cited by checking its history and finding other sources that have cited it. Shepard’s Statute Reports greatly enhance and simplify this process.
Shepard’s Statutes Summary Report Highlights:
- One Comprehensive Report: Know instantly if a statute is good law. Review everything pertinent to the statute in one comprehensive report.
- Special Statute Signal: Immediately see how the citing cases treat or impact your section with the new red exclamation signal.
- Exclusive Summary Box: Easy-to-read synopsis shows why your statute received a Shepard’s Signal with links to analyze the judgment in more detail.
- Enacted Legislation Link: Quickly retrieve recently passed laws that amend or repeal the federal or state statute you’re viewing.
- Pending Legislation Link: Instantly retrieve pending legislation that references and thus may impact the federal or state statute you’re viewing.
- Improved Legislative History: Pertinent legislative history is organized in one place from the corresponding full text code section for streamlined viewing, consistency and instant online review.
- Greater Statute Depth: Review an individual statute report down to the subsection or lower level, to receive the greatest detail possible of the point of law that you’re relying on.
