When LexisOne was first announced, Lexis promised to offer free research in state and federal appellate cases within the last five years. (Presumably, in the second year of the program the earliest year in the set would drop out.) The theory is that except for seminal cases that you know anyhow, cases older than five years aren’t cited much.
It didn’t offer everything, and there was no fancy hyperlinking, but it was sure a lot better than anything else around for free. And if you needed more, you could always buy a week or a day of Lexis.
I am not sure when it happened, but when I looked at LexisOne this morning, it had expanded its database to TEN years. It still doesn’t have, notably the United States District Courts, and some specialized federal courts, and some other state courts — did you know that Arizona has a Tax Court? Well…those cases aren’t in LexisOne — but if you need something fast and don’t have a paid CALR site at hand, LexisOne is obviously a good deal.
The URL, of course, is www.lexisone.com. Reigster once, and you’ll be able to access the site even years later.
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