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Access Lexis+ to search state and federal cases and codes, and access secondary sources such as California Forms of Pleading and Practice, California Points and Authorities, and the Shepard’s citator service. Help with Lexis +
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Trellis.Law: Local Court Dockets, Sample Motions, Verdicts and Settlements
Trellis.law allows you to easily search California state trial court dockets, motions and other court documents, tentative rulings, and verdicts and settlements by topic, judge, county, parties, attorneys, and other useful filters. Trellis also offers judge biographies, free legal treatises, and primers on the most common civil motion types and legal issues. Help with Trellis.Law
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Access HeinOnline’s current and historical law review articles, Restatements of the Law, and historical volumes of the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, international treaties, and more. Help with HeinOnline
VitalLaw: Litigation and Law Practice, Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment, IP, Construction, Securities, and More
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National Consumer Law Center’s Digital Library
O’Brien’s Workers Compensation
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Pleading Paper
Formatted for Sacramento County Superior Court
Formatted for US District Court, Eastern District of California
Blank Pleading Paper (without a caption)
Sacramento County Court Case Files
Access Civil and Probate case files by party name or case number via the court’s website. Users must set up an account. Searches and document downloads are free.
Guideline Child Support Calculator
Family Court Commissioners now use the State of California’s Guideline Child Support Calculator to determine the amount of child support to be ordered in a case. If you prefer to use XSpouse or XArrears, please double-click the icons on the desktop to get started with those programs.