Searching for Circuit Splits in court cases databases:
(circuit* /s split*) AND topic
circuit w/2 split! or disagree!
Suggestions- Narrow to a topic, and use the Timeline feature to narrow date
Advance search query:
circuit /3 (split! or disagree! or divided)
(circuit /s split) or first impression or (split /s authority) or (declin! to follow /s circuit or appeal)
(conflict! or split! or division or divide! or "different conclusions") /10 (authority or preceden! or "lower court" or circuit or "state supreme court") and yourtopic
Suggestion- use the Timeline feature to narrow date to after 01/01/2022
Searching for appellate court cases that reverse a lower court
revers! /20 "it is so ordered" or reasons or judgment or "therefore" or decreed or adjudged and not affirm!
Suggestions- Choose federal courts; use the Timeline feature to restrict date to after 01/01/2022; narrow on a topic; re-sort results by highest court to lowest.
Searching for a case of first impression:
"first impression"
Suggestions- use the Timeline feature to narrow by date; by topic; re-sort highest court to lowest.
In law review databases:
"beyond the scope" /s note or article or comment
Suggestion- use the Timeline feature to narrow date to after 01/01/2021
interesting or open /s question or issue /p "beyond the scope" /s article or note or comment