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When is a case too old to cite?

August 19, 2015 by Zara Watkins in legal research, legal writing

Is it good lawyerly judgment to cite a case from the 1800s? In this post I tell you how far back you should go–and what else you should do–to find persuasive case law.

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August 19, 2015 /Zara Watkins
legal research, legal writing, citations, seminal, doctrine, treatise, secondary sources, persuasion
legal research, legal writing
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