Fastcase
Access a wide array of federal and state case law through HeinOnline’s partnership with Fastcase. With this Premium subscription, sift through the clutter in a unique case law database, using best-case-first legal research tools that make case law research faster than ever.
HeinOnline's U.S. Federal & State Case Law Provider
To create an authoritative case law database, HeinOnline has partnered with Fastcase, a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” tools that make case law research faster than ever. This partnership offers subscribers access to Fastcase Premium, which offers a wide array of case law at the federal and state levels and enables users to access the full text of cases through their HeinOnline subscription without the hassle of using multiple research databases. As a supplement, HeinOnline’s U.S. Supreme Court Library includes the U.S. Reports, which contain the officially-published opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and are available from inception to current.
ABOUT FASTCASE
As the smarter alternative for legal research, Fastcase democratizes the law, making it more accessible to more people. Using patented software that combines the best of legal research with the best of web search, Fastcase helps busy users sift through the clutter, ranking the best cases first and enabling the re-sorting of results to find answers fast. Fastcase provides federal and state case law in an HTML format which can be downloaded to a PDF or printed.
Check out a complete list of Fastcase’s case law content and coverage.
The Power of Fastcase via HeinOnline
View the highlights of a Fastcase Premium subscription below:
Fastcase Premium
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Article-to-Case Linking
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Case-to-Case Linking
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Case Law Citation Look-Up
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Negative Treatment Indicator
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ScholarCheck: Articles that Cite Current Cases
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Downloading and Printing PDFs
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Full-Text and Metadata Searching of All Case Law
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Case Law Included in Comprehensive Search Results
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Bad Law Bot: Full Negative Treatment Analysis
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ScholarCheck: Cases that Cite the Current Case
Database Tools and Features
Case Law Linking
Research faster with inline hyperlinking, connecting case citations found within the text of any document to the referenced case. Learn more.
Citation Look-Up Tool
Enter a proper Bluebook citation into the search bar and select Citation from anywhere in HeinOnline to pull up the case in question in seconds.
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Bad Law Bot
Easily see when a case has been treated negatively. Use the Bad Law Bot to see a list of specific cases that have overturned or reversed the case.
ScholarCheck Integration
Use Hein's ScholarCheck feature to determine how many articles in HeinOnline cite a particular case. Also see the cases which have cited the case in question.
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Full-Text and Metadata Searching
Use the Fastcase search tool to search the full text and metadata of all included cases. Metadata includes case name, party, court, and more.
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Case Law in Search Results
Case law is also included within the search results when searching across any and all subscribed databases in HeinOnline.
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