- ‘Legal Issue Trail’ is another way of saying ‘Shepard’s’.
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No
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2. To have the Lexis system automatically re-run your Shepard’s report, set an Alert by clicking the:
House icon
Bell icon
Star icon
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3. What is not a way to retrieve a Shepard’s Report on Lexis?
Type Shep: and the citation
Click on the Shepard’s signal next to the case name
Click the Shepard’s tab at the top of the main Lexis home screen
4. In a Shepard’s Report, the editorial comment LIMITED BY generates a:
Red Stop Sign
Yellow Triangle
Green Diamond
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5. While looking at a LexisNexis Headnote in a case, what can you do to see a Shepard’s report for that headnote only?
Click ‘Shepardize Document’ on the right side of the screen
Click ‘Shepardize – Narrow by this Headnote’ under the headnote
Click ‘More Like this Headnote’ under the headnote
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6. Lexis has a feature that allows you to Shepardize a specific statute subsection.
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False
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7. A Shepard’s Report only lists cases that cite to your case.
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False
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8. When you are trying to determine whether another jurisdiction reviewed a specific topic from a case, a good place to check is:
Shepard’s Report
Topic Summary Report
Search the case name
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9. On Lexis, ‘More Like This Headnote’ and ‘Shepardize Narrow by Headnote’ conduct the same search with your headnote text.
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False
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10. On Lexis, Shepard’s signals for statutes display on the result list.
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False
