How are cases paginated on Loislaw?
An official case citation usually contains a page number from the final printed version of a case. Loislaw’s pagination always reflects that of the official reporter, and therefore, Loislaw’s search engine is fully compatible with the official citation system. Whenever the official publisher of a jurisdiction holds copyright to the pagination, Loislaw licenses the pagination for reproduction on its website. If copyright to the pagination is not held by an official publisher, Loislaw takes the page numbers directly from the source provided by the publisher or court. For slip opinions and cases which have not received final published form, Loislaw cites the case by docket number and/or public domain citation. Please note that some “recent” () cases are posted directly to the website in their source format, without being indexed and paginated in Loislaw’s permanent collection. These cases are fast-tracked in order to make them available as soon as possible; lists of “recent” cases are com
