Shepard's

Shepard’s is the major mechanism to ensure that a published case is still good law. Shepard's has three major functions:

    1. it validates authority
    2. it provides parallel citations
    3. it helps locate additional relevant cases being researched.

The manner in which Shepard's is utilized will be discussed in greater detail later in this chapter. Shepard’s would never be quoted, and is therefore non-authority.