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Finding citations
<p>I’ve occasionally asked questions (<a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/92547/equal-protection-discrimination-and-real-estate">example</a>) that could be easily answered by Shepard’s Citations—if I still had access.  <strong>How should I search for citations of a statute or case without paying Lexis or traveling to some place that has the print edition?</strong></p>
<p>I can search the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cornell LII</a> for a particular citation, but if it has spaces, I get all the hits for any part.  But when I tried to get &quot;exact phrase&quot; by quoting <em>311 U.S. 32</em>, there were zero results, which I know is not correct.</p>

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<p>How should I search for citations of a statute or case without paying
Lexis or traveling to some place that has the print edition?</p>
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<p>There are no good free sources for this at this time for U.S. law. Essentially, this service is what legal publishers are now all relying upon to make money.</p>
